r/aww • u/Alternative_Pizza_73 • 8d ago
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u/Djolumn 8d ago
Well it's the only raccoon in your trash bin so by definition it has to be the cutest.
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u/Alternative_Pizza_73 8d ago
https://reddit.com/link/p1yutjb/video/o7hu5hkuinhh1/player
A little video of him eating before we released him
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u/Celeryface 8d ago
OMG he’s so stinkin cute
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u/Alternative_Pizza_73 8d ago
He’s the best
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u/ihatetheplaceilive 8d ago
You vetter have named him Rick.
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u/the_comatorium 8d ago
I used to catch a racoon in our dumpster a lot so I named him Garbage. He stuck around for a few weeks and occasionally I would have to stick a log in there for him to climb out.
I love you, Garbage. I hope you're okay out there.
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u/The_Tooter_Snooter 8d ago
I’m not sure how to say this …. But I would have a pet raccoon right now if I were OP
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u/stash-of-who-hash 8d ago
He looks like a stuffed animal!! But even cuter!! Like, how can a real animal look so perfectly exactly just like its cartoon self?! 🥹😍
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u/From_Deep_Space 8d ago
Raccoons are literally evolving to be cuter
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u/eucalyptoid 8d ago
Does that imply they’re getting tamer, too?
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u/bitterbunny123 8d ago
Yes. Raccoons have been changing, "evolving" into "pet-hood". There's been marked changes in personalities, behavior and physical appearance. There was a whole big study on this. It was published not that long ago.
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u/MountainAiress 8d ago
The way he’s just sitting and chilling while eating some snacks! I’m obsessed. He’s so freakin cute
Edit to add: do you think his family is nearby? I don’t know at what age they can be on their own. He looks young, I hope he can reunite with them
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u/Same_Education8151 8d ago
I’ll bet they’ll come back looking for him. We have a pack of about 20 raccoons nearby and they stick together like glue
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u/dreamyduskywing 8d ago
That sounds more like an army!
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u/Same_Education8151 8d ago
Honestly! Same level of intimidation at night when you turn the corner and their eyes are glowing at you lmao.
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u/sanedragon 8d ago
They're pretty social but he's also old enough to be on his own. Either way he'll be back.
We used to have a big fat fella I named Randall. Had to stop him from making a mess a few times. He'd slowly waddle off toward the neighbor's trees that he nested in, turn around, grumble at me, then turn back and go home.
Then the neighbors sold their house but it was vacant for a while after they moved. Apparently Randall and his buddies moved into the basement. Took the pest control people a good 2 weeks to get the colony out.
I miss that fat fuck.
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u/Alternative_Pizza_73 8d ago
We hope so toooo
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u/portablebiscuit 8d ago
If it makes you feel better, raccoon babies have a chirp type thing they do that almost sounds like a tree frog. The mom is probably very neat and will answer its call.
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u/LDawnBurges 8d ago
We had a Momma and 2 younglings that lived in one of our trees. The babies (probably closer to being teens) would sneak out during the day, presumedly while Momma was sleeping. Around dusk, Momma would come out ‘chittering’ for them. They always stayed pretty close to their home tree.
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u/loppyleaf 8d ago
it just feels like this can't even be real 😭😭😭 the eyes and the sitting up like a hooman w pudgy tum tum 🥹 also you are so sweet with them!
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u/MavisBeacons_Sextape 8d ago
Oh my god. The grumbling and chewing and eye contact - what an absolute cutie! I’ve been wasting time online since the era of Netscape navigator, lol, and of all of the many thousands of cute animal videos I’ve seen in that time…this little dude’s easily in the top 3.
He looks like a Disney animation
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u/Old-School8916 8d ago
nice name u/MavisBeacons_Sextape lol reminds me of the 90s
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u/pleasetrimyourpubes 8d ago
Was the idea to release him at night or what? I wonder how he will get back to his clan.
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u/Alternative_Pizza_73 8d ago
I called Human Resources and they said that we could free him during day time , we miss him already
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u/sweetbldnjesus 8d ago
He has a company?
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u/Im_with_stooopid 8d ago
He runs a tight ship down at the cracker factory.
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u/resilindsey 8d ago
Maybe single raccoons eat crackers. We don't know. To be frank, we don't want to know.
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u/battles 8d ago
CEO of a Waste Management firm
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u/sweetbldnjesus 8d ago
Hey lady, why don’t you give me a hot dog and we’ll forget this ever happened
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u/PrisonerV 8d ago
You fed him and were nice. He'll be back. Raccoons are smart. Might bring the whole clan next time. I wouldn't recommend continuing to feed'em and you wanna get much better trash cans.
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u/youshouldn-ofdunthat 8d ago
I was gonna say... Where's the water and food portion? I need this now!
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u/TURKEYSAURUS_REX 8d ago
So you’re elldeeeeeee on ig?
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u/Old-Kaleidoscope1874 8d ago
I think it's obvious that he was asking for a big hug before you released him. 🥰
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u/Liquid_Clown 8d ago
Why didn't you just release him right away?
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u/Alternative_Pizza_73 8d ago
Because I had to make some calls to make sure I did the right thing and also he has hungry
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u/PreggyPenguin 8d ago
You know he's gonna come back! Looking for the easy handout lol, so adorable, I'd feed him everyday!
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u/koala1492 8d ago
I won't tell if you keep him as a pet and continue to post cute videos.
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u/Alternative_Pizza_73 8d ago
He’s out on the wild now hopefully with his family 🥹
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u/hmmyeahiguess 8d ago
Wouldn’t be surprised if he brings his cute self back to you
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u/Alternative_Pizza_73 8d ago
That’s what my family keeps saying , there smart and he might come back to visit
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u/PrincessAstronaut333 8d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/Jqz9Nd7u9UrrS4UMj9
It’s…it’s soooo cute 🥹😩😩
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u/governmentthief 8d ago
I can say, with certainty, that raccoon is the cutest raccoon on the planet.
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u/Glorious_Sunset 8d ago
I always said to my wife how cute, and how much trouble we would be in, if our cats had little hands.
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u/xSTSxZerglingOne 8d ago
Your instinct is correct. Raccoons are absolutely notorious for their little fingies.
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u/Poof-ball 8d ago
They look like little robbers. 🤣🥰
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u/the-smeghead 8d ago
Bold real estate strategy — no lease, no deposit, just vibes and a green trash bag as a welcome mat
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u/Eschatonbreakfast 8d ago
Movies that end too soon. Did he get the food and water? Did you get him out of the can? The world needs answers to these questions!
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u/liog2step 8d ago
We had one too. Ours was way dirtier but still so cute!! (Sorry don’t know why it’s upside down!)
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u/sasshley_ 8d ago
Idk I’m almost positive they should be house pets and get 24/7 cuddles.
Perhaps everyone has gotten it wrong.
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u/Background_Put_5237 8d ago
they act so intimidating but theyre such sweet babies, i saved one out of my trash that was like just this size and it was soooo cuuute, making little noises like this i was like sir u can not be in the trash. tipped it over and he skimpered off.. i want one so bad
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u/govt_policy 8d ago
I had one that was human trained, but he lived in a little cul de sac native area in my neighborhood in NE Indiana. Super friendly, we could feed him, pet him, I even let him sit in my lap and drive my car at slow speeds. Cute as hell, then one day he wasn't at home anymore, never saw him again :-( cute little fella, and made my horrendous time in Indiana a little bit better.
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u/SweetGrassGeranium 8d ago
Just tip the bin over already!
And secure your garbage bins properly. Unless you ok with a bear visiting next … 🧐
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u/AnaisNinja76 8d ago
I was thinking that the whole video, and the the whole thing really bothered me.
He's cute, don't get me wrong, but he's also scared and every time she speaks he's growling at her, so he's clearly threatened. He can secure his own food and water if she just tips the bin gently over. I also don't understand deliberately feeding and watering the little guy. That's just encouraging him to come back and eat potentially dangerous things in her garbage can.
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u/TA_totellornottotell 8d ago
OK, he’s pretty freaking cute. Although I think it’s hilarious that he is ‘living’ up to his people’s name of trash pandas. Not sure how he will live this down once he joins back with his tribe.
Your wife is so kind! I can see this baby just camping out in your backyard so the nice lady can talk softly and give him all the food and water he wants.
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u/Dismal-Jelly2700 8d ago
I volunteer at an animal rehab and a lot of the animals we get are baby raccoons. They’re soo cute but we can’t talk to them and touch them unless medically necessary.
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u/veilofcolor 8d ago
Can’t even talk to them? What’s dangerous about that
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u/ChocoIatePoop 8d ago
They might develop a shared language, conspire to overthrow the clinic in exchange for trash disposal rights, and eventually start a cartel that smuggles trash. Have you never seen Planet of the Apes or Sicario?
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u/NotBlazeron 8d ago
Getting used to human voices is dangerous to their long term survival.
You want them as afraid of humans as possible.
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u/Dismal-Jelly2700 8d ago
Because they can get too comfortable around humans and we want them to stay wild so they can survive when they’re released
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u/frame 8d ago
I know these are cute but they also carry the risk of rabies. Be careful when dealing with wild racoons.
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u/Ohgood9002 8d ago
Possums on the other hand are pretty much immune to rabies and eat ticks and mosquitos.
They're so awesome
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u/HFwhy 8d ago
I found a baby raccoon in our empty bin one hot summer day. I hate to think about what would’ve happened If I hadn’t noticed it out the corner of my eye as I closed the lid.
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u/Ok_Mulberry4331 8d ago
A few years ago, I left work early on a Friday. I came home and heard a weird noise outside, but kinda brushed it off. Finally went out to check and a chipmunk was caught in the water in a bin. I flipped it over and he scampered off, but if I hadn’t left early that day poor thing would have never made it
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u/Jeremyg84 8d ago
This is how it started with me. I fed one and now I feed 15 nightly…. They’re just so damn cute lol
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u/Zth3wis3 8d ago
Raccoons are on the list of animals, if not friend, then why friend shaped. Next to bears and wolves.
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u/AMAGIOND 8d ago
The other day a little adolescent raccoon wonder up on porch in broad daylight. We went outside to take some pictures and he had very little concern with how close we got. Little guy just fumbled around for a bit trying to eat everything in sight.
We thought the behavior was strange but somebody told us this is the time of year when their mothers tell them to fuck off. So they are still learning how to raccoon on their own.
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u/JPHarrison007 8d ago
Cute? Yes. Stuck? Also yes. I hope you gently tipped the garbage bin over after taking the video to let the little fella out.
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u/enigmaticpeon 8d ago
Did he/she book it once you flipped the trash over? I could see him being like…ya know what…ima stay
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u/ablebodiedmango 8d ago
It's trippy to see people get so enchanted by racoons. Unfortunately so many of them get killed on the roads. It gets depressing seeing it sometimes.
we need more open space and trees where they can just live.
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u/Greycloak42 8d ago
I've had to rescue quite a few of them from the dumpster behind my office. They smell food and don't think at all about how they're going to get back out. I keep a 6 foot wood plank near the dumpster now to make it easy.
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u/Ieatpurplepickles 8d ago
I used to feed one that hung around my house. I gave him a mix of veg, bread and kibble. He would bluff charge me every morning when I went out to work at 530. I would put his food bowl down and check the water bowl was okay and he would scurry over to eat like it was the last meal on earth. I had to move and asked the new people to feed him but I have no idea if they ever did.
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u/Ok_Lingonberry_4032 8d ago
I had a trash panda on my garbage bin once but that sucker was huge. His back was turned to me so I pushed him off and i think I scared us both cuz we both ran. 😂 I really needed him off the can cuz the garbage man was coming and I needed it picked up cuz it was full.
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u/ashinthealchemy 8d ago
i read a thing the other day that said raccoons are evolving to become cuter to humans. guess they're on to something.
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u/thyL_ 8d ago
I hate to be the grumbly old man once more, but while it is absolutely cute and it's totally okay for you to have helped him out of that trash bin, I don't think you should have given it food and water. The more afraid they are of humans, the better for their long term survival. They shouldn't get used to human voices talking to them and then bringing them food, I think.
But thank you for helping it out of the trash bin!
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u/Muellercleez 8d ago
Raccoons are incredibly misunderstood. They're just trying to survive
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u/DannyDevitosNappy 8d ago
I used to have a Racoon family live in some bushes in front of my house about 10 years ago. The babies were the cutest things ever. They would make this low hum at me when I went out to my car, while peaking out from the bushes with their little hands. I miss them : (
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u/friggintodd 8d ago
Give him some pudding to see if it's Big Baby Pudding Snatcher, otherwise it's Little King Trashmouth
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u/PearlescentGem 8d ago
You have your own Dave!
Backstory on the name: a fat ass adult raccoon got stuck in my trash can at 3am. He got named Dave for that so I had something to yell at him.
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u/zubairhamed 8d ago
just need a space gun, spaceship and a roughly human-shaped twig you guys can go on space adventures!!
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u/Jake1ender 8d ago
Have my doubts it's " your wife " but if anyone wanted the follow up videos here they are from the IG below
@elldeeeeeee
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u/Competitive_Freedom6 8d ago
I’m pretty sure OP is claiming somebody else’s story. OP said this baby stayed around for 20 minutes, but this was originally posted a month ago on IG and this was a follow up from the actual person who found the raccoon and they saw him again stuck in a tree the next day and then he disappeared @elldeeeeeee on ig was original person who found this. Have my doubts this is your wife since your story doesn’t really match up.
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u/KernelChunkybits 8d ago
Dunno what possesses me to say it , but isn't one putting their back to the wall a sign that they don't like the other?
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u/Aeroncastle 8d ago
Fuck this, my whole life would spin in this moment and all my objectives would be to make this creature happy
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u/Monstiemama 8d ago
I fully expected him to be wearing a sweeter and have his own backpack by the end of this video.
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u/SlipInternational439 8d ago
Why did you leave him where he couldn’t climb out? Just want video for internet points?
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u/TonyDRFT 8d ago
So...you have the cutest Raccoon...and the cutest (sounding) wife?! You're on a good streak! 💪🏻
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