Man Feeding Racoons(25) outside of his house | He Mobbed by Raccoons more than twenty

Some winters have heavy snow in NS, but it’s not typical. Ice and wind however are very typical! It actually doesn’t get too cold here—average is about 0 to -10 Celsius in the depths of winter. Heck is it was +20 here in NS today! Anyway guy in the video is feeding them cause he enjoys it, but raccoons aren’t suffering in NS at all.
This completes me. I love this guy. I had a following of raccoons in Florida after Hurricane Charlie. They were hungry. I had night shift for mold remediation company. I was taking a reading off our machine outside about 1 in the morning and felt a tug on my pant leg. I thought what is that? It was a fat raccoon that smelled my granola bars in my pocket lol. I turned around with my light and there was about 15-20 sets of eyes he had friends. All on me hands out... Of course I fed them every night.
Actually its written in their genetic code. Raccoons born in that area are actually coded to go to James' porch for nutrient rich hotdogs and grapes. Scientists have studied how newborn raccoons sometimes actually leave their mothers and venture miles in unknown lands in a straight line to James' porch, much like how birds migrate.
I'll add that a "binge" response is present in many mammals, including rats, humans, and I'd imagine raccoons as well. It may be a remnant from the Ice Age when food sources were less dependable. Basically, if there's a large amount of food available, your body will have a drive to consume as much as possible while the getting is good for fear that there may be less food to go around in the future. That's still definitely a reality for many animals in the North that have to deal with rough Winters.
Yeah I'm not a fan of this. All it takes is for some of these animals to lose their fear of humans and attack a child or pet if they think they can get food from it. Plus they're one of the most well-known carriers of rabies.
What does it mean to be a raccoon whisperer? It’s a title that comes with a lot of responsibility. Or so we assume after watching James Blackwood’s YouTube videos. Blackwood gave himself the esteemed title of “raccoon whisperer” for reasons that become obvious once you take a gander at his page. The retired Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) constable has posted hundreds of videos of himself with the critters. But it’s his most recent videos that have really taken the internet by storm.
In a video posted on November 8, 2020—which we first heard about over at Laughing Squid—Blackwood is serenaded by a swarm of hefty raccoons. And we mean hefty; these are some big, big raccoons. How’d they get so big? Probably because of the diet Blackwood feeds them. In this video, titled “Sunday Mobbed Again,” he’s seen given the critters not only some grain feed, but also a bucket full of hot dogs.
The best part? The raccoons are patient and courteous. They respectfully wait for their turn at the hot dog bucket. Which is more than we can say for, you know, real human children. Did Blackwood also teach these raccoons manners? It would seem so.Show more

The next night, Blackwood gave the raccoons another new treat to try: whipped cream. They were slightly less enthusiastic about this one—probably due to the aerosol can—but they still gobbled up that whipped cream like the good little raccoons that they are. He also feeds them grapes in this video.
According to Laughing Squid, the reason Blackwood feeds the raccoons is because of dwindling temperatures in Nova Scotia, where he lives. What a pure reason to take care of some local wildlife! Thank you James Blackwood. Not just for caring for the raccoons, but for giving us a little bit of joy in 2020.