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Why do some raccoons live in trees?

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Anonymous

16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Raccoons will nest in hollow trees when available but also will den in burrows, culverts, in attics and crawl spaces in homes, etc. If threatened they will climb trees to escape harm.

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