Everyone assumes that raccoons are friendly and calm. By nature, they are very shy and prefer to escape if they can sense any humans around. They will attack you only if they are frightened. However, they can also be vicious especially, if they can sense any danger to their young ones.
Are Raccoons Vicious?
Raccoons are wild animals and they can be vicious if threatened. It is always best to leave them alone. They prefer to stay away from humans most of the time. They will never attack you until they are not threatened or injured or unwell. You should be cautious while approaching a raccoon because it can carry different diseases like rabies or roundworms which are vicious.
Are Racoons Aggressive?
Normally a raccoon is not aggressive towards a human being. They can sometimes be found to be active during the day but when it sees a man it will generally run away. However, a female raccoon may become aggressive when protecting their babies from any potential danger. It will arch her back and may also growl. It may also make a loud ‘whoof’ like sound.
Will Raccoons Attack Humans?
Under normal circumstances, a healthy raccoon is not known to attack a human. However, they are wild animals and for your own safety, it is best to avoid them. A raccoon can also bluff that it is threatened by your arrival. At this time it can huff, grunt, growl or even charge at you. It can also stand up in an aggressive manner so that it can look bigger in size.
Will A Raccoon Attack Your Pet?
We recommend keeping away the raccoons from your home if you are having a dog or a cat as your pet. There are reports that a raccoon has attacked a dog and even killed it. However, such reports are very rare. But it has not been heard that a raccoon has attacked or killed a cat. So, it can be said that a cat is normally safe from raccoons.
What Happens If A Raccoons Bites You?
As told earlier, normally a raccoon will not attack or bite you. But unfortunately, if it bites you, it is highly recommended to visit a doctor as early as possible. The reason is that the raccoon bite can cause diseases like salmonella, raccoon roundworm, rabies, or even leptospirosis in human beings. Needless to say that it is extremely dangerous for man and needs immediate treatment.
Why Are Raccoons So Mean By Nature?
Although raccoons do not like to come close to man, at the same time they are bold as well as curious by nature. Under normal circumstances, they will not attack you if there is no reason to feel threatened by you. However, if a raccoon is infected with rabies, experts say that it can attack you and that can also be vicious for you.
Final Words
However, due to the decrease of their natural habitat raccoons have nowadays become habituated to stay around human beings. It also helped them to reduce human fear over the years.
