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Do raccoons wash their food? Detailed answer
Directory / Big encyclopedia. Questions for quiz and self-education Did you know? Do raccoons wash their food? In the 1920s, the word "raccoon" was immediately associated with a raccoon coat. At that time, wearing such a fur coat was very fashionable. Raccoons are hunted today, of course, but they must be very glad that they have lost their former popularity. The raccoon is a very brave fighter and has few more enemies besides the human. But if he gets to people while still very young, then he becomes a universal favorite. Animals live from Canada to Panama, except for the high Rocky Mountains. The length of the animals ranges from 64 to 89 cm, and their weight can reach 11 kg. These mammals live in an area where there is water and trees necessary for their lair. They forage for their food at night - mainly crayfish, mollusks, fish and frogs, but they also eat nuts, berries, fruits and young corn. The lair where raccoon cubs are born is a hollow in a tree trunk or branch. The female gives birth to cubs once a year, usually there are 4 or 5 of them. When the raccoon family has to move, the female transfers her cubs one by one to a new place. But by autumn they become large enough to start an independent life. Do raccoons wash their food before eating? Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Most of them prefer to wash their food, and there have even been instances of raccoons throwing their food away if they couldn't find water. But they don't wash their food to make it clean, because the water is often dirtier than the food itself. Rather, raccoons do not like the process of washing, but simply wet food. Author: Likum A.
How long has weaving been around? Weaving is a technique in which threads are intertwined to make cloth. The principle of weaving has not changed over the centuries. Modern textile factories do quickly with machines what ancient people did slowly and manually. A caveman who lived about 30 years ago learned to weave. He used straw, reed stalks, or other materials to weave baskets. Nets for fishing and snares, people also learned to weave in prehistoric times. What the ancient people did not guess to do was to weave soft fabrics from yarn threads. The idea of weaving probably originated in different places and then spread throughout the world. The oldest woven fabrics recorded in history were in the Middle East around 5000 BC. e., in Egypt - about 4000 BC. e., in Central Europe - about 2500 BC. e., in China - about 1200 BC. e. and on the Peruvian coast of South America - about 1500 BC. e. The use of different fibers for weaving developed in different places depending on what was available. Wool was first used when the sheep was domesticated, around 1600 BC. e. Cotton was first used in India, from there it quickly spread to Asia and finally to Europe. Silk fibers were first used in China. On the other side of the world, in ancient Peru, cotton, llama and alpaca wool were the main material for the production of fabrics. And since man has always liked to have colored fabric, it is interesting to know that already the ancient Peruvians found ways to get more than 150 tones and shades of different colors of their fabrics. Today, of course, weaving is done by machines in factories. But in many cases the weaving of carpets and tapestries is still done by the hands of skilled artisans.
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