From dust jacket notes: "...The author, who has spent half a century feeding, photographing and observing raccoons, has devoted the last three years to writing this fascinating book and selecting from thousands of photographs the stunning pictures which document his text. It is Sterling's well-founded belief that the raccoon is one of the most intelligent species below the anthropoidal apes. Their 'language' ranges from thirteen to twenty meaningful sounds. Forrestal Laboratory, after extensive tests, has discovered that the raccoon has the most acute sense of hearing of any North American mammal. They are music lovers and have individual preferences among the recordings to which they listen intently. They can see in the dark, have a keen nose and delicate palate, and the most sensitive and prehensile hands, able to open any door, drawer or cupboard that is not locked with a key. They use public drinking fountains and also turn on faucets and showers (but seldom turn them off). They pick pockets of coins as thin as a dime, pull in fish-stringers hand over hand to rob the catch, switch stations on TV sets, blow automobile horns when confined in a car, and working in tandem can screw lids from mason jars...."
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There is a man named named Sterling who lives with raccoons.,
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This review is from: Raccoons Are the Brightest People (Hardcover)
Sterling North and his family live in a place that has raccoons, a brook, a woods with big trees, foxes, and whippoorwills. Sterling and his family saw a mother raccoon named Moonlight with a bigger, duller child named Flora, and a smaller, darker, more shy child named Fauna. Moonlight taught her children important lessons like finding earthworms and eating wineberries. The book also has stories from other people who know raccoons.
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Raccoons and beavers and bears, oh my!,
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This review is from: Raccoons Are the Brightest People (Hardcover)
Sterling North has written a very interesting, moving account of his interactions with raccoons and other local wildlife. The book has a number of black and white photos of animals, mostly raccoons, and the accounts of other people's interactions with raccoons, beavers, fawns, wolves, bears...
I originally found the book in my local library, and I enjoyed it so much that I am buying a copy. It is a mixture of information and a plea for peaceful co-existence. I learned a lot about raccoons from this book, and I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in learning about raccoons, or who just wants an echo of a more peaceful time.
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My all time favorite wildlife book,
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If you have ever had any curiosity about wild animals, any interest in what raccoons are really like... or just looking for a well written, informative and different book - THIS is a must read!
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