Raccoons everywhere! A swarm of youngsters

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Raccoons everywhere! A swarm of youngsters

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Ай бұрын

The collective noun for raccoons is a "gaze"; a group of raccoons is a gaze of raccoons (go figure).
However, there's never a lot of gazing going on when baby raccoons are out exploring; they swarm. Everyone bustles in a different direction, checking things out. They climb the trees, scramble over the stumps, look in all the holes, and feel under the rocks (which is something that no one in his right mind in these here parts would do; there are scorpions, fire ants, snakes, spiders... The list can often seem endless).
The little ones in this video were out with their mama in the tree stump den playpen. Mama was (as mama raccoons usually are) unconcerned about trying to keep tabs on what each of her pretty little kits was up to. Which is just as well, because she didn't stand a snowball's chance in hell.
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@nbell63 Ай бұрын

Fluffy butts! 😊

@jolie2861 Ай бұрын

Aww, the little ones are so adorable, inquisitive and amusing. Ty for sharing this with us.

@TexasBackyardWildlife 29 күн бұрын

They are such fun to watch. They check out everything - nothing escapes the notice of a baby raccoon.

@trailcameratexaswildlife9526 Ай бұрын

They are so much fun to watch! 🦝🦝🦝

@TexasBackyardWildlife 29 күн бұрын

Yeah, they're a blast!

@SonyaBlade68 Ай бұрын

Thank you Dan & Jane. We have been blessed watching this family from the deck pool, to running wild on the trail. Now we get to see them in the daytime having a blast at the den playpen. They really are special and fun to watch

@TexasBackyardWildlife Ай бұрын

Yes, they are, Sonya. They're a lot of fun to be around.

@catsara9114 Ай бұрын

Playtime! Mum racoon said: "You've got 5 minutes!" Racoon kits: "Yay!"

@lolanoneya Ай бұрын

🥰 = Racoons. 😂Last paragraph of narrative.

@patrickhamos2987 Ай бұрын

raccoons are cool!

@cakeman58 Ай бұрын

Who is in charge of choosing the name for a groups of critters?

@TexasBackyardWildlife Ай бұрын

Well, no single person is in charge. English evolves as it evolves. But you're right that our collective nouns must, initially, have been coined by someone. A "gaze" of raccoons has always seemed odd to me.