The Intelligence of Raccoons And Sun Bears

[@davidepool5884]

I raised a baby raccoon that I had to get out of a persons air conditioning ductwork. They are very clever little bandits. Once he was big enough, he always had access to the wild. I’d leave food out for him just in case he got hungry. He eventually quit coming back. I had two young children at the time, and he got to where he was playing kind of rough. I was afraid that he might accidentally bite one of them. I never intended to keep him anyway.

[@AzlianaLyana]

These cute little bandits always came to my pond to play in it :)

[@encrypter46]

My wife put a cake in a Tupperware cake container outside on our deck. I have a hell of a time opening it. A raccoon opened it and ate the whole cake.

[@ursulasmith6402]

Lol wow!

[@alicemeely]

:) .......Why'd she do that?

[@encrypter46]

@@alicemeely Not enough space in the fridge and it was cool out.

[@NoNo-lf6eg]

Ay now you know that your probably fed a straving raccoon family

[@sharonkaczorowski8690]

Add the ability to adapt and figure out challenges...sun bears are very smart indeed!

[@keithmoriyama5421]

The Indians called them "thief with little hands."

[@noworriesmate8287]

Smarter then your average bear boo boo

[@poeticnation6251]

Real Wild Great video (I just joined your channel fam), but this video was too short, but the end of it, I was ready for another 20 - 30 minutes of video.

[@mikewoods3333]

The makers pf the second section should have watched the first, sun bears are not, nor are dogs and primates the only creatures who would have passed the tests. I have personally seen raccoons do much tougher tasks, raccoons rule!

[@YNCM1]

Spoiler Alert: This is rocket’s origin...

[@poeticnation6251]

:-D LOL - Classic!

[@brandoncruise6398]

6:48 made me chuckle a bit. Most people who live in the country/woods/mountains of the US have known how intelligent they are for a very long time. In some areas for the past few decades raccoons have been locally exterminated, but every ancestor here in this country we’re well aware of how smart they are. They had to use all kinds of methods to get rid of them, overtime realizing that it’s just a waste of money and resources.

[@lynettelaroche8868]

Raccoons are Extremely Smart👍🦝

[@kendallkahl8725]

I think it would be wise to maintain satellite pockets of small numbers of animals elsewhere that are as precious as the Sun Bear. Perhaps a small colony in South America or Tropical Australia in case they get wiped out in Asia.

[@nguyenhuynh5567]

I think that's why sun bears are usually found in the circus

[@nicecutie]

what a cute sun bear. what a sweetie

[@eddymichaels5486]

They have hands, so we like them more. and take care of them

[@maveluck]

Hahaha

[@maveluck]

Lol

[@maveluck]

Kya chakl raha he bro...?

[@sharonkaczorowski8690]

I figure any predator who has survived the evolutionary process is pretty damn smart. If we start judging by the intelligence needed to survive successfully and not in human terms ...well, enough said.

[@SuperPanoply]

"Experts believe that the sun bear needs to be smarter than the average bear to survive in the Asian rain forests. We're going to put that theory to the test."

[@theearlofwellington]

IM FUCKING LOSING IT

[@ancientruby7116]

It is more their world than ours.. we take there habitat then have the cheek to moan about it.. Grr!

[@amollo01]

Raccoons start at 0:00 and Sun Bears start at 7:06

[@edroberts9778]

I wish I could be one years old again when I could remember food being put in a bucket, having the intelligence of a one year old is shocking.

[@246trixie]

Smarter than the average bear 🥰🤣

[@justasarcasshole2038]

5:30 I Just hate when humans believe they can just tell you exactly how what an animal's brain can specifically do.

[@NoNo-lf6eg]

I mean we pretty much can because we study their brains

[@andyroobrick-a-brack9355]

We study their brains. Stop assuming scientists just "do stuff."

[@Jan-on1qb]

Feed those poor babies!

[@eddymichaels5486]

We need to start a controlled program of domesticating them, by selective breeding.

[@sophiefilo16]

No, we don't. We have no need for domesticating any animals at this points. We have animals for food and for companionship. We can leave the rest alone...

[@LumTheAlien]

​@@sophiefilo16 I think we could benefit from selectively breed raccoons to be more intelligent. For one thing it would teach us more about brain development and how mental cognition arises. Plus they would survive better in their natural environments.

[@sophiefilo16]

@@LumTheAlien 1. "it would teach us more about brain development and how mental cognition arises" We are already doing that with species we have already domesticated, namely dogs. The best studies of mental development come from examining our own species. Taking the time to domesticate raccoons would not teach us anything we can't learn already. 2. "they would survive better in their natural environments" First, domestication means that they WOULDN'T be in their natural environment. Furthermore, raccoons don't need to survive better in the wild. The biggest threat to modern raccoons is HUMANS. They get hit by cars, fall into dumpsters they can't climb out of, get poisoned, get hunted, get attacked by pets, get tangled in ropes and tarps, etc, etc. Raccoons are one of the few animals to not only adapt to human settlements but THRIVE in them. As we continue to expand our settlements, our home increasingly becomes theirs. Raccoons are considered pests and are actively hunted in many parts of the world. Making raccoons "survive better" would be irresponsible considering that their population is already too high in urban areas due to not having a natural predator yet having an abundance of food and shelter. I like raccoons and all, but humans really need to stop acting like we're gods and get to determine what happens to other species...

[@WildPrimal23]

@@LumTheAlien they should not be made smarter through selective breeding because they know how to survive in their natural environment already, and their populations are high in the wild. We should just support their existence in the wild as it is by reducing deforestation and pollution, no need to domesticate them. Too many animals are domesticated and homeless. We should solve that problem first before attempting to domesticate more of them

[@adcaptandumvulgus4252]

Damn, sun bears are cute

[@BigDome1]

100 years is not plenty of time for evolution to happen.... Not even close.

[@aburaccoon7375]

it never happened never will

[@jayjayfixesall4570]

I love them even known that they ate over 50 chickens we had,over 4 yrs. But I should be smarter penning the chickens.

[@Ericthered21]

Pumpkin properly cute

[@matth7448]

cant all animals smell something inside something and try and get it

[@bl8388]

A raccoon sneaked in my car, started the motor, and ran over my neighbor's bush. No, it didn't. But that's what I pretend happened to my neighbor's bush. Ugly thing. The bush, not the neighbor.

[@redactedbananas]

Most animals could do this.

[@kdog543]

😂😂😂😂

[@walterschneider8033]

Feed them. I thought you goose skinned canuks liked the idea of composting. This is like composting. And isnt this better than creating and feeding a multiplying supply of stray cats?

[@gregorkl1206]

That is Not Evolution. They just learn

[@aburaccoon7375]

absolutely 💯

[@xadien4058]

Shittests hate this a raccoon could hav easily gotten that last 1

[@NaeMuckle]

100 years is plenty of time for evolution to happen? No it isn't

[@Donttrustmyresearch]

It is for fast-reproducing animals like raccoons

[@markscouler2534]

Erm yes it is look what humans have achieved in the last 100 years

[@NaeMuckle]

@@markscouler2534 what's that got to do with evolution? It's not made us smarter or stronger or done anything to us physically. The only change is our Jaws have got smaller.

[@SuperVince1010]

my raccoons are so smart they crawl right in to trap cages