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December 17, 2022

Researchers are studying raccoons for insights into intelligence and emotion, aided by technology such as wireless sensors and night-vision cameras that are making it possible to observe the wily masked bandits on their own turf. Advanced molecular tools allow neuroscientists to examine brains, including raccoons’, down to the cellular level.⁠⁠Light on manners, raccoons have been frustrating researchers for more than a century. “The raccoon has a high reputation for cunning and adroitness,” notes a 1907 academic paper about a study that used them, or tried to. Raccoons broke out of their cages by pulling down the wire netting, and they jumped out windows. A few hid in ventilation shafts, and it took great effort to get them out.⁠⁠As uncooperative as raccoons were in the lab, their nocturnal habits made them harder to study in the wild. Ultimately, researchers opted for more manageable subjects, such as rodents and birds, to probe how different species learn.⁠⁠With new study tools, raccoons are starring in research. “Exploration, curiosity, ideas, optimism, maybe anticipation,” says University of Richmond neuroscientist Kelly Lambert. “I think the raccoons could teach us something about that.”⁠⁠Read more at the link in our bio.⁠⁠📷: for
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