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Raccoon Eating Turtle Eggs
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An adaptable feeder, raccoons will eat almost anything—fish, mice, insects, stolen eggs, and human trash. Raccoons sometimes "wash" their food, rapidly dunking it in water before eating.
Photograph by George Grall
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