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Old 07-03-2004, 01:33 AM   #1
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World's Heaviest Raccoon

WORLD'S HEAVIEST RACCOON

PALMERTON, Pa. -- Bandit, the world's heaviest raccoon, rests in the lap of Deborah "Pepper" Klitsch on Jan. 30, 2001. Bandit, a junk-food crazed critter billed as the world's weightiest raccoon, died Saturday, May 8, 2004. Klitsch denied the occasional charge that she overfed the rotund raccoon, whose weight ballooned to nearly 75 pounds, three times the average for his breed. He was born with a bad thyroid gland, Klitsch said.
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Old 07-03-2004, 09:20 AM   #2
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dang, that's more ra'coon than is needed for a hat! I bet he's close to being a coat!
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Old 07-03-2004, 09:43 AM   #3
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Those raccoons can be some nasty foul tempered animals. Theres no way I would hold one on my lap.
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Old 07-03-2004, 03:18 PM   #4
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Red face

A truly sad situation. That Hecoon couldn't climb a tree if his life depended on it.
He just looks like Rosie O'Donnell on a bad hair day . . . :insane:

Break out the Epilady!
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Old 07-03-2004, 03:27 PM   #5
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I caught one in my fireplace flue in a "live trap" using a can of tuna. Relocated it and installed flue caps on both of my chimneys.

Before it was caught it had infested my family room floor with fleas which I had to have exterminated. Couldn't figure where they came from till later when I figured out that the coon was sleeping within four feet of my carpet. :insane: :nod:
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Old 07-03-2004, 04:19 PM   #6
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they are nasty criters had one chase me off a roof once.
i was replaceing a roof boot on a trailer furnace and the dang thing was living under the old one, i pulled the old one up and up pops this 25 pound ball of fur and teeth.
i never moved so fast in all my life. jumped right off the roof and waited for him to move out then finished the job.
not something i want to mess with thats for sure.
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Colt 45...that's about how the coon reacted when I caught him in the "live trap." He was really pixxed off and had fought hard all night to escape. He almost tore a hole through my dormer roofing material with his paws. Then he nearly bit the rope into which was holding the cage to my chimney. The worst thing was his smell. It was almost as bad as a skunk. :nod:
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