US EditionUrban Raccoons Are Showing Signs of Early Domestication, With Shorter Snouts Than Their Rural Cousins
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Urban Raccoons Are Showing Signs of Early Domestication, With Shorter Snouts Than Their Rural Cousins
The shorter faces of these city-dwelling trash bandits offer a telltale sign of domestication and line up with a leading hypothesis about animals that adapt to human-dominated environments, according to a new study
Raccoons could soon be considered pets in North America, the BBC reports. A new study published in the journal Frontiers in Zoology suggests that raccoons are evolving as they become more closely associated with humans, changing their behavior and even their appearance.
In Switzerland, they spread, but are not yet commonplace – in the USA, on the other hand, raccoons are widespread. A study now shows that the animals are becoming more and more pets. They take a similar evolutionary path to cats and dogs. Even though the raccoon looks cute, it is faust-dick behind the ears. Image: DPAAlthough they are spreading in Switzerland, they are not yet commonplace – in the USA, on the other hand, raccoons are widespread.…
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