{"id":324908,"date":"2025-12-04T13:44:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T13:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/324908\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T13:44:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T13:44:21","slug":"video-pet-raccoon-dont-trash-the-idea-until-you-watch-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/324908\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Pet raccoon? Don\u2019t trash the idea until you watch this"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tonight on Village Media’s ‘Closer Look’ podcast: One of our reporters digs deep into new research that suggest urban raccoons may be evolving to be cuter and friendlier \u2014 just like cats and dogs did<\/p>\n

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Raccoons as pets? Don\u2019t laugh.<\/p>\n

A new study<\/a> has found that urban raccoons have shorter snouts compared to their rural counterparts \u2014 a sign they’re heading down the same path of evolutionary domestication that dogs and cats did tens of thousands of years ago.<\/p>\n

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TorontoToday reporter Emma Johnston-Wheeler dug a little deeper<\/a> into the research, seeking out reaction in a city where the raccoon has risen to the status of de facto mascot<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Johnston-Wheeler is our guest on tonight\u2019s episode of Village Media\u2019s Closer Look<\/a> podcast.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Hosted by Village Media\u2019s Michael Friscolanti and Scott Sexsmith, and produced by Derek Turner,\u00a0Closer Look<\/a>\u00a0is a new daily podcast that goes way beyond the headlines with insightful, in-depth conversations featuring our reporters and editors, leading experts, key stakeholders and big newsmakers.<\/p>\n

Fresh episodes drop every Monday to Friday at 7 p.m. right in your local news feed \u2014 and on the show\u2019s dedicated website: closerlookpodcast.ca<\/a>. Of course, you can also find us wherever you get your favourite podcasts.<\/p>\n

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\nPodcast hosts Scott Sexsmith (left) and Michael Friscolanti,\u00a0Editor-in-Chief of Village Media. <\/p>\n

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