The raccoon raiding your garbage bin might just be solving a puzzle—for the fun of it Ever woken up to find that a crafty raccoon has overturned your garbage bin and spread the discarded contents of your life across the street? Raccoons—sometimes referred to as "trash pandas"—are renow...

The #raccoon raiding your garbage bin might just be solving a puzzle—for the fun of it
First, they have a high number of #neurons packed into a relatively small brain. Their #neuronal_density is more similar to that of #primates than other #carnivores.
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