dp1 racoon's siesta

taken on 5th floor of garage in Boston

He does look rather relaxed doesn't he.
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Nice shot. Last thing I'd expect to see in a parking garage!

This one looks like it had way too much
fun last night...I hope it was worth it.

I suggest you start a DPR challenge called:
"Racoons on Spring Break"
(No PS cutting & pasting allowed)

Given the DP1 focal length, that was pretty brave to get that close... raccoons are feisty animals.

Hope it was really just resting...

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Thanks for the image... it is a really good one.

That racoon looks a little too relaxed (dead?) to me. Hope you didn't pose it on that girder just for a fun pic ...

It was definately alive when i took a picture . You can hardly see but there is 5 stories drop between me and racoon.

Interesting image. Looks like the heat is getting to this guy.
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Dude! Where's my car?
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On a down note, I wonder if the raccoon was rabid. I've heard that usually when you see a raccoon mid-day, it may be sick. We have lots of raccoons around in our mid-Atlantic region, but they generally make themselves very scarce during daylight hours. We also have a high incidence of rabies in raccoons and foxes especially. In our county, if your dog tangles with a raccoon or fox, it has to go into quarantine... even with up-to-date vaccination proof! Trash cans and bird feeders attract them. Our dog chased a fox from our backyard not long ago, but luckily the fox apparently was healthy, didn't turn on her and outran her! Then some readers may recall she recently chased a large male deer from the yard. Suburbia is not tame.

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