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Predator Hunting => Predator Biology => Topic started by: Lookn4Fur on September 17, 2009, 07:43:27 AM

Title: Raccoon Dog
Post by: Lookn4Fur on September 17, 2009, 07:43:27 AM

I was watching a program on TV the other day called "Wild".  It was all about Wolves in the Baltics.  One of the main food sources for this Wolf was Coon Dogs and I don't mean dogs that hunt Raccoons.  These animals looked exactly like a Raccoon but thier bodies looked like a grey fox.  I think they said the average size was 7 to 12 pounds.  I never saw anything like it and never even knew they existed.  Did anyone happen to catch the program or see these critters before?

Title: Re: Raccoon Dog
Post by: 220_Woody on September 17, 2009, 11:38:25 PM

never heard of such a thing.....very cool

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raccoon_Dog

Title: Re: Raccoon Dog
Post by: Lookn4Fur on September 18, 2009, 07:34:30 AM

Thanks Woody.  I was a little off on the weight.  The ones in the show looked even more like Raccoons than the ones pictured but I think they are a cool looking animal.

Title: Re: Raccoon Dog
Post by: Lifes2fun on September 18, 2009, 11:01:46 AM

Some of these look neat....definitely make a unique mount

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Nyctereutes_procyonoides_1_%28Piotr_Kuczynski%29.jpg/800px-Nyctereutes_procyonoides_1_%28Piotr_Kuczynski%29.jpg)

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Tanuki2%3F.jpg/799px-Tanuki2%3F.jpg)

(http://www.ioa.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/kisohp/STAFF/miyata/Photos/tanuki.jpg)