I've been robbed!

[wraithfodder]

ARGH! I put out a suet feeder for the BIRDS - yet when I come out this morning, something has opened it and absconded with the entire thing. Bet it was a raccoon, or maybe squirrels. They're tenacious. I think I'll replace the suet and put a lock on it.

Yes, this is what people do in suburbia.....

Comments

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[poetryfiend.livejournal.com]

I felt you needed consoling over the theft of your feeder :P I never knew Raccoons had a sting! Are they some kind of wasp/skunk hybrid? (gets idea of new fic :D)

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Well, raccoons don't sting,b ut they've got wicked claws and teeth. I saw a 40 pounder go through the yard once and it was like, whatever you want is yours....

[poetryfiend.livejournal.com]

:P according to Wiki they have a sting :P On their ass no less!

40 pounds :O omg, that's like, a dog??? Why has no one written about a Raccoon invasion of Atlantis yet??

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

I just checked that out, and while it pulls up in a google search, apparently it's been removed from the site. That's why I take Wiki with a shaker of salt. ;)

But yes, raccoons (particularly if they're well fed) can hit 40 pounds. I saw that thing lumber (rather quickly) across the yard and went "yikes!" Now that I think of it, yeah, he was as big as our present dog.

[poetryfiend.livejournal.com]

I thought it sounded odd :P But there are weirder things in the world! And tis an idea for how to cause SGA grief :D

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

I can see it now. the team on an alien planet
Shep: It's just a raccoon, McKay.
McKay: but they have stingers. wiki said so!
Shep: You can't believe everything you read on the net. OW!
McKay: see, told you.
Shep: Maybe they meant pegasus galaxy raccoons (passes out from venom from raccoon sting)

[poetryfiend.livejournal.com]

LOL! Omg you *have* to write that fic!!!