‘He’s living his best life’: drunk raccoon hit DMV for snacks before liquor store | Virginia
A local government official announced that the raccoon that broke into a liquor store in Virginia last Black Friday, smashed alcohol bottles and passed out drunk in the bathroom had at least two more thefts.
Before robbing the Ashland ABC store on Nov. 29, the raccoon had separately entered a karate studio and a motor vehicle department office on the same business block, Hanover County animal protection officer Samantha Martin said. in question in an episode of the local government’s official podcast released on Thursday.
Martin told the Hear in Hanover that the raccoon even ate some of the snacks stored at the DMV; this was perhaps a foreshadowing of the boozy bender the animal was later said to have gone the day after the Thanksgiving holiday.
“This isn’t the first time he’s been in one of the buildings,” Martin said on the Hear program in Hanover. “Apparently this is his third burglary.
“Somehow he knows how to get in… He’s a smart little creature.”
Martin said on the podcast that removing the raccoon from its familiar surroundings would be a “death sentence.” After the animal was sorted out at the shelter following his intoxication, authorities dropped him off not far from the liquor store, karate studio and DMV office.
Martin told Hear In Hanover that he had mixed feelings about the raccoon’s ordeal. On the one hand, he hoped the raccoon had “learned his lesson” about avoiding theft and drinking responsibly. But he also noted: “I just say: ‘Enjoy your life.'”
“I think he’s having the time of his life,” Martin continued. “Well, why not? Let’s have a drink or two, especially on Black Friday.”
Following the theft at Ashland ABC, a store employee found the animal sleeping eagle-eagled next to the toilet. The path to the bathroom was littered with shattered whiskey bottles, and it was obvious the raccoon was drunk.
According to the Hanover animal protection service, the animal showed no signs of injury. But the agency joked that the raccoon might be struggling with a “hangover” and regretting “poor life choices.”
After a recent incident, news of the raccoon’s drunken caper spread around the world. to work He concluded that his species was so well adapted to living in urban areas that they exhibited physical changes that resembled the first signs of domestication.
For example, urban raccoons’ noses have become shorter than their wild brethren; This is a trait commonly developed by domesticated animals. Similarly, their teeth and brains are smaller; Their tails are more curled and their ears are more droopy.
Experts say raccoons’ ability to survive on human feces positions them to live successfully alongside humans.
