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Raccoon

Interesting FactsAbout Raccoons: The recordlife span for a captive raccoon is 21 years Raccoonswill over-eat when nursing. Babyraccoons are called kits Accordingto the sioux, february has a “raccoon moon” Raccoonscan easily unlock doors Theheaviest raccoon recorded was 62pounds. Thescientific name for raccoon is procyon lotor The raccoonis one of the primary rabies carriers. There is afish called “raccoon butterfly fish” The sonyplaystation game Resident Evil 2 takes place in Raccoon City,but it has nothing to do with raccoons at all. Beavis andButthead once caught a raccoon when they went couch fishing. Raccoonshave a keen sense of touch. There maybe as many as 8,000 raccoons living in large cities. Raccoonsnever den more than 1,200feet from a permanent water The nameraccoon is derived from the indian name Aroughcun. The ShirtTails raccoon is named Rick Raccoonrhymes with baboon. If you givea raccoon a sugar cube, it will first try to clean it (as raccoons clean alltheir food before eating it). It will wash it and wash it until the sugar cubefinally dissolves to nothing

Rhino

Rhino dooccur in Botswana, howeverup until October 2001 only in the Khama Rhino Sanctuary in south-eastern Botswana. Recordsindicate that white rhino became extinct in what is now the Chobe Nationalbetween 1880 and 1890. After numerous restocking exercises in 1988 the WhiteRhino population in the ChobeNational Park wasestimated at 100. Up until 1985 white rhino were still being seen at Savute.After a spate of severepoaching in the late 80's and early 90's all remaining rhino were moved to thesanctuary where the Botswana Defence Force was able to protect them. In orderstop poaching within the country, any poacher was sentenced to death. In October2001 four white rhino were re-released into the Moremi Game Reserve on Chiefs Island.Should this release prove to be successful the government will considerreleasing more rhino next year.

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