Raccoons break into liquor stores, scale skyscrapers and pick locks

If you have raccoons in your neighborhood, get a laser pointer and watch them go crazy. other animals like squirrels, birds, opposums,etc.. don't care for the red dot, but raccoons try to chase it.

A racoon is the reason my cats live behind a flap/door controlled by an rfid reader. Prior to its deployment the racoon had learned to squeeze through the door then figured out how to open the latch on the food bin (quite difficult for a human to open). If I didn't have video of it opening the bin I'd have doubted it were possible. As mentioned in the article it looked as if it had rehearsed the unlatching ahead of time.

I have been accused of loading a dishwasher like a mad raccoon would.