Wait…Are Raccoons Becoming House Pets Now?!

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00:00um your next pet could actually be a raccoon according to a website called dexero

00:09um researchers say raccoons may be inching closer to becoming human pets a study from

00:16the university of arkansas department of biology found that raccoons are physically changing in

00:20response to their interactions with humans really and by physically changing they mean

00:25their faces are evolving to look even cuter than they already are they're not they're not

00:30dumpster diving they're dumpster diving less and becoming less disease ridden because we're

00:35feeding them i guess one biologist says once wild animals start spending time in the proximity of

00:40people they become a little let a little bit less afraid and perhaps even start showing some physical

00:45signs of domestication it's called domestication syndrome some some areas have deer that are

00:52becoming domesticated oh yeah uh like if you go to kiowa or like charleston or any of those like

00:57kind of wooded beach areas people feed them so they'll walk right up to you and eat out of your

01:02hands i've said before too i feel like deer are becoming smarter like on my way into work i see

01:08deer on the side of the road and i used to like way slow down because i'm like this idiot's gonna

01:12jump out yeah i think they're learning what cars are they have to right i guess that's evolution of

01:17deer like it has to be passed down i guess so oh hey ryan you might want to jump out in front of

01:22that car but i'm not gonna lie after like as a kid after i saw pocahontas like the animated movie

01:27i really wanted a raccoon and i wanted to name him miko you're so easily swayed

01:34you