What is stopping the domestication of raccoons?

>>2382335
they are RIDDLED WITH LUNG PARASITES!

>>2382335
Too much curiosity and extreme dexterousness means that trash pandas are just too difficult to keep.

Eating through our kitchen walls.

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>>2382354

>>2382335
Too smart to be pets

Whats stopping us to make raccoons our side kicks?

>>2382377
I don't like '80 pop music

>>2382335
Dogs are better, seriously you OOOH ITS SO CUTEfags need to be beheaded nothing but human trash that projects feelings of parenthood on a stupid animal.

>>2382377
>>2382382
AND IF YOU DON'T LOVE ME NOW

>>2382414
I think you might be the one who's projecting m8

>>2382357
>extreme dexterousness
This. A dog or cat can't hold a gun or a katana.
A raccoon might be able to one day.

I did always wonder this.

In the same vein, how do Opossums fare as pets? I hear generally positive things.

>>2382335
profit

>>2382335
they're useless

>>2382354
cats are riddled with brain parasites

what's worse?

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>>2382414
>dogfag talking about projecting parenthood on a stupid animal
L M A O

>>2382335
Because the vast majority of them carry a unique roundworm which can infect humans and whose larvae will enter your brain and kill/neurologically maim you before you realize what's wrong.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baylisascaris_procyonis

>>2382335
not useful enough for 200+years of selective breeding

>>2382382
I CAN SEE THE LIGHTS

SHINING IN YOUR EYES

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>>2382382
>>2382377

>>2382731
>13 cases in the past 40 years, of which only a third were fatal

>>2382731
>take raccoon to exotic pet vet
>they give trash panda drugs
>roundworm dies
Wa la

because tanukis are cuter and should be domesticated instead

>>2382361
THESE HOLES THEY WILL NOT SEAL!

>>2382522
they have incredibly short lifespans.

They need concrete rooms or they'll destroy every wall and the floor. No one wants to domesticate them because of their nuisance level.

>>2382335
You. You're stopping it, stop being a faggot.

>>2382364
underrated post

They're really hard to raise. They're scavengers so they'll trash your house and make it look like a homeless shelter. Plus, most of them are feisty as hell. Taking care of them is a ton of work and most people don't have the patience or time to raise one.

>>2382522
They need a very specific diet, but as long as you stick to it they make good pets. Absolute shit tier lifespans though.

Raccoons aren't great pets because they will completely destroy your house.

>>2382753

It's almost like the vast majority of people don't physically interact with raccoons.

Post some cute raccoon gifs

Raccoons are ridiculously good at storing fat when kept by people they often balloon up fast. You'd have to be very careful about how you feed them as to avoid obesity and it's related health problems.

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>>2382759
>Wa la

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Because they're part Destroyer Droid.

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>>2382875
>not familiarized with /ck/ speech

Nothing. Urban raccoons are already reliant on man for almost all of their needs and thriving because of it. They're spreading further and further into domestic habitats as they begin to collectively realize this. Eventually they will be on the level of the "domestic but not domesticated" house sparrow.

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>>2382521
Are you insinuating that one day a fucking trash panda will unsheathe a katana and murder someone? Because that would be fucking hilarious.

>>2382382
shut your whore mouth

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>>2382844
>specific diet
>survive on trash
pick one

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>>2382335
we have more than enough domestic animals. Hell, we even have a surplus of them roaming the streets. Raccoons would serve no more purpose than a pet cat or dog. They would be like giant pet rats for expert owners or some shit. Do not want.

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>>2382335

Who's to say they haven't domesticated us?

>>2382753
And how many raccoon pet owners are there in the world today? probably about 30 or 40

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>>2382335
Are raccoons meme animals, like shiba enus? I never used to see trash bandit threads on /an/ before those marvel movies popularized them.

>>2382377
How possible is it for a raccoon to use tools like a pencil for example?

>>2383623
A raccoon drawing buddy would be neat

>>2383605
one lives in my kitchen ceiling. I rent an apartment so it's fine with me, it's not any louder than my other upstairs neighbors. I don't need a movie to remind me about raccoons, I hear one talking to itself daily.

>>2383182
Yeah, and thats why they live a year and a half in the wild.
Opossums need a ton of attention towards their calcium/phos ratios, along with protein and vitamin A, or they get metabolic bone disease almost immediately.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJV0pU_zks8

>>2382844
Cant we breed possums to live longer?

>>2382335
These stupid threads

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Am I getting popular nanoda?

>>2382335
too thicc

>>2383605
We used to have a fat racoon in our neighborhood, we once caught him rolling around in an unused pool cover having the time of its life, it was a qt but some crazy lady obsessed with her "garden" had him caught

>>2382522
Opossums only live 2 or 3 years, sadly.

>>2384708
That's why you want a breeding population.

>>2382364
I think I love you

>>2384962
so what am i so afraid of?

>>2382377

I AM GROOT

>>2384962
I love you too anon

>>2383187
fucking kikes

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>Domesticating a Jew

Last time someone tried that, six gorillion died.

brother has one as a pet. raised it from a baby he found.
it's a little shit honestly. he hasn't fucked up his house too bad (only major damage was when he tore up the carpet), but you can't have any food out in the open as it knows how to open jars, bags, tubawear, and could probably figure out any container really. all food is kept literally locked up as it always figured out how to get on counter and open carpets. yet to learn how to open the fridge but he thinks it's mainly because the racoon isn't strong enough to open it plus it's the kind with the freezer on the bottom.
though, it is probably the coolest pet I have ever seen. very smart, fun to play with as it can actually do stuff like throw a ball back to you, play hide and seek, and is quite soft and loves to cuddle.
coolest thing is seeing the ratcoon use his dog as a mini horse. it climbs up it's leg and sits on it's back and grabs the dogs neck fat like a leash and tugs on it to make the dog go.
dog hates it but we all think it's cute af

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>>2382521
>A dog or cat can't hold a gun or a katana. A raccoon might be able to one day.

Pshh.. I'll take on any of them coons

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>>2382759
>Wa La

In all honesty though I sometimes rescue these guys and they have a bad habit of just destroying everything. It's in their nature to just make holes in walls, rip things to pieces and constantly fiddle with things. I don't know if you could even breed it out because it seems to be a defining trait.

Me

>>2382357
>extreme dexterousness

I wonder if you can teach one the concept of back and forward on a cylindrical object.

>>2386870
What?

>>2386875
You know... up and down. On a cylindrical and hard object...

>>2385562
pics or vids

>>2386880
uhuh, sort of like, a rythmic up and down motion on an immobile cylindrical object. perhaps the object has some lubrication applied to it...

>>2382335
They get mean as fuck