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Do raccoons wash their food?

Some people believe that raccoons wash all their food before they eat it. There is some truth in this.

Most raccoons do wash their food, and there have even been cases of raccoons refusing to eat if they couldn't find water nearby! But on the other hand, raccoons eat food even when they are far from water, although they are not very happy about it. And some raccoons never wash their food at all. Nobody knows exactly why raccoons do this. This is not due to their desire for purity, as they can do this in water that is dirtier than the food itself!

In addition, they also wash what they catch in the water, although this is clearly not necessary. That's probably why the raccoon just likes to wet his food in water. She probably seems much tastier to him!

Raccoons live from southern Canada to Panama, except in the highlands. In length, raccoons reach 65-90 centimeters. Their weight ranges from 1 to 11 kilograms. Their coat usually has a grayish or brownish tint. The 25 cm dark brown tail has 4-6 yellowish rings. The eyes are covered by a black mask. The ears are medium in size, the nose is pointed, and he uses his front paws instead of hands.

Raccoons live in places where there is water and trees for shelter. The food that they get at night is mainly crayfish, snails, fish and frogs, which they catch in muddy water. In the summer, raccoons also eat nuts, berries, fruits, and young corn. The dwelling in which they live all year round and where they are born is usually a hollow in the trunk or root of a tree.

Raccoons are born no more than once a year, four or five cubs at a time. By autumn, young raccoons grow enough to start an independent life.

Author: Likum A.

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What is a sleep disorder?

Sleep disorder is a very serious disease. It is distributed mainly in Africa among people and animals. The infection is caused by parasites called trypanosomes. Their peddler is the tsetse fly, well known in many parts of central Africa.

Tsetse carries parasites when it bites a sick person or animal. Trypanosomes enter the insect's stomach and begin to multiply. Then, through the salivary glands, they enter the mouth of the insect. Here microbes develop to such forms that they can infect a person.

At the moment of an insect bite, parasites get under the skin of a person. A tiny sore appears. For the next three weeks, trypanosomes circulate in the blood. At this time, the infected person begins bouts of fever, often the skin becomes covered with a rash. The brain is slightly swollen.

In some parts of Africa, the infection ends and the patient recovers. But in Zimbabwe and Malawi, the disease is more serious. Within a year, the patient develops symptoms of brain damage. The patient experiences a severe headache, becomes excitable, uncontrollable actions appear.

Then comes the next stage. The patient becomes very calm and falls asleep. He has been unconscious for a long time. The patient is still feverish. Finally, paralysis sets in, the body is extremely exhausted, and death occurs. The cause of unconsciousness is the penetration of infection into the cerebral cortex. There may be other causes of brain inflammation.

The described disease is called "encephalitis". African sleep disease is just a severe form of encephalitis. It should be noted that the microbes that cause sleeping sickness are not transmitted by tsetse to offspring. Thus, death by bite occurs only if the tsetse fly has previously bitten a sick person or sick animal.

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