Raccoons are famous break-in artists. Raccoon near an outdoor deck. raccoon tracks: five long toes and fingers resembling human hands Raccoon Diseases Raccoons can carry several bacterial diseases and parasites that can be transmitted to humans and pets through a bite or the ingestion of raccoon waste. The raccoon’s tiny human-like hands make a rather creepy sight as they appear through the gaps in between the planks of the wooden deck in the footage. This is a video of a raccoon using its freaky little humanlike hands to steal cat food from underneath a deck while two kittens eat. I also lost a wonderful crop of sweet corn. They were in search of food, of course. The hind feet have a longer heel. Raccoons have remarkably sensitive hands… Raccoons are nocturnal animals. WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 (UPI) — A viral video spreading heebie jeebies across the Internet features dozens of tiny, human-like raccoon hands reaching up through a wooden deck to take food. FUN FACT: Did you know that, contrary to what so-called “scientists” would have you believe, raccoons … Native Americans were … Raccoons have some of the most dexterous hands in nature, as anyone who's had a garden, cooler, or garbage can broken into by one of them knows. Raccoon hands are nature's most wonderful and terrifying appendages. I’ve found raccoons in the attic, under my deck, and in my trash cans. A pair of raccoons who visited me. The YouTube video shows a woman putting food into the dozens of little raccoon paws as they reach up through the wooden slats of a porch. It does not always make an imprint though. The YouTube video shows a woman putting food into the dozens of little raccoon paws as they reach up through the wooden slats of a porch. Like Harry Houdini, it’s partly clever hand work that makes the raccoon so good…and so bad. Raccoons 101. Raccoons might be cute, but they’re bad news in your house, yard and garden. Two kittens were joined by a bold raccoon sticking it hands out of wooden decking and stealing … If you have a raccoon under your house or deck, it’s probably a male raccoon or a female without young. Spooky moment raccoon reaches its hands through the gaps in a wooden deck to steal kittens’ food Two kittens had an uninvited dinner guest while eating outside earlier this month Cheeky raccoon stuck its hands through decking and pinched their cat food Another raccoon then walked straight up to their plate in Dothan, Alabama By […] No chimney flue, garbage can, or campground cooler is safe from their prying hands. This makes getting rid of the raccoon much easier. That means they only come out at night. By Kara Verlaney May 23, 2016, 10:30am EDT Share this story. Right hind track of a raccoon in mud. Those little hands are nuts. 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