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The Digest:

An urban raccoon in Virginia was captured sleeping off a bender in a liquor store bathroom after a ceiling-tile crash landing led to a rampage among the whisky bottles.

Key Points:
  • A liquor store employee in Hanover County, Virginia, found a raccoon passed out on a bathroom floor amid smashed bottles.
  • Animal control reported the raccoon "fell through one of the ceiling tiles and went on a full-blown rampage, drinking everything."
  • The animal was confirmed to be intoxicated and held at the local shelter until it sobered up.
  • After hours of sleep with no injuries, it was released back into the wild with a warning about its "poor life choices."
  • The incident aligns with studies showing raccoons are physically adapting to cities, developing shorter snouts and smaller brains.
  • Intoxication in wildlife is common; the article cites examples from beer-stealing feral pigs in Australia to bears on "mad honey" in Turkey.
  • Experts note trash provides an easy feast for animals willing to tolerate human presence, driving this urban evolution.
This raccoon's failed heist is more than a viral anecdote; it is a tiny, hungover reflection of the broader, unavoidable collision between human habitats and wild instincts, revealing how our leftovers literally reshape the creatures living in our shadow

Sources: The Guardian, CNN, Fox News, AP

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