How to Avoid Falling Out of a Tree When You're Sleeping

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Raccoons are a deceiving looking species. They can squash, kind of flatten their spines down and get that's how they get into such small spaces. So you would look at a raccoon and say, well, that is not getting into a two inch opening in my garage door. Oh, yes, it is because they are going to flatten themselves down and slide right through.

Tiny hands! Round rumps! Chaos! Compost! Delicious garbage and sweet faces make raccoons as mysterious as they are adored. World class raccoon expert, psychologist and animal behaviorist Dr. Suzanne MacDonald of Toronto’s York University explains tree sleeping, brain worms, cartoon raccoons, queer icons, whether you should keep one as a pet and also: some of the best career and life advice from midnight gremlins eating chicken bones in your driveway. Stay tuned for next week’s part 2 with half a dozen more raccoon experts.

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Sound editing by Jarrett Sleeper of MindJam Media & Steven Ray Morris

Transcripts by Emily White of The Wordary