Yesterday when I was on my way home, walking past an on-campus residence building, suddenly I noticed ahead of me a large living thing (when I say large, I mean larger than squirrels and geese which can be seen all over the campus). After I move closer, I realized it was a raccoon! This is the first time I've ever seen a real raccoon. It has black spots around the eyes, and striped tail (yellow and black), just as in pictures and cartoons. This is amazing!

Now the raccoon is added to my list of wild animals that I got a visual of, which already included: squirrels, geese, rabbits, ducks, beavers, skunks.

An interesting side note: the smell of a skunk can go as far as 5 miles. So never ever make a skunk angry!