Hmm.... Wasn't BLACK MASK the main publisher of "Coon Noir"?
;)
I remember a childhood friend who was very proud
of his pet raccoon, and brought it out to show a bunch of us
neighborhood kids --- it sat on his shoulders, and he fed it
a coupla bits of fruit, as he beamed pride.
We all "Oooo"-ed and "Ahhhh"-ed for awhile, and
some of us cautiously pet it.
Then, he turned to head back to the house, and
the animal (which also had its back to us, perched on the
kid's shoulder) shat projectile diarrhea, quite a lot of
which poured down the kid's back...
Poor thing -- and poor kid, who went from
over-joy to embarrassed tears in a split-second!
Anyway, thanks folks, for a great guffaw to start
the morning!
Ciao for niao,
-------------------------------ap
"Mark R. Harris" <
brokerharris@gmail.com> wrote:
Wisconsinite
Sterling North published his boyhood memoir Rascal: A Memoir
of a Better Era, in 1963, and because of the book's immense
popularity, followed it up with a second raccoon book,
Raccoon are the Brightest People, in 1966. That one had lots
of photographs. It is worth noting that, like my own raccoon,
North's Rascal chooses to return to the wild at the end of
the book.
An excellent book for those interested in accounts of
people's experiences with adult pet raccoons (and many, many
other species) is Robert Franklin Leslie's Wild Pets,
published in 1970.
I always wanted a pet skunk, but never had that experience.
However, after a lifetime with different animals, I can say
that dogs and cats do indeed make the best pets, with
rabbits, ferrets, and birds of the parrot family close
behind. Wild animals and "fad" pets (such as potbelly pigs)
are unpredictable pets and not as affectionate as the most
popular domestic pets can be.
Mark Harris
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