Favorite Animal

This blog post could be a trip to the zoo, but all my recent zoo visits just make me sad because the animals are locked up and what not.  When I was younger, I was very hyped to go to the zoo.  Zoos are fun and cool just to see animals, but if the animal was captured and taken out of the wild to be in a zoo, then it's not cool.  I've seen zoos where they only have animals that couldn't survive in the wild because they're sick with something or they have been raised in captivity since they were babies.  Those I'm fine with, but taking a lion from the Savannah ain't cool.

Most people's favorite animals are these exotic, crazy, barely seen animals or, a boring, basic person will just go "I love dogs, so I guess my favorite animal is a dog."  Exotic animals are cool, I like them, not trying to bash on exotic animals or dog lovers.  Maybe a little bit on crazy dog lovers, but my favorite animal is a raccoon.  I just like their faces.  They're little bandits of the night.  They're such careful animals (except on the road, then they're dumb), but they have a stereotype of being these dirty, gross, rabid animals, when in reality, they just want your garbage.

A positive about my favorite animal being a raccoon, is that I get to see my favorite animal all the time and my reaction is always the same.  I'll be driving and see a little thieve's face and just go "OH MY GOD RACCOON."  I get really happy when I see them.  There is a down side to me loving raccoons and that is, if I ever see one in the wild, I'm gonna try to touch it.  Like you couldn't stop me.  Because they look like fat cats and they look very worthy of a good petting, but I think they'd be scared to death and run or if they are sick, they would try to attack me.  No success so far because I haven't been in a situation where I could touch one, but I will keep you updated with my raccoon quest.  Just in case you need some happiness in your life, I'll include pictures and links to videos.

   

Raccoon stealing cat food

Rolling Raccoon

My personal favorite