A wide-eyed racoon with open paws convinced a Pennsylvania resident to share a snack with the cute critter, and when a curious deer wandered over hoping for a bite of its own, an unforgettable caught-on-camera viral snack standoff unfolded.<\/p>\n
The raccoon scratched at Jenny Macbeth\u2019s back door like a child in need.<\/p>\n
Its plea was met with sympathy, and a bowl of kibble.<\/p>\n
After chowing down alone for a few tranquil moments, the raccoon is approached by a curious deer hoping to join the feast.<\/p>\n
But the \u201changry\u201d rodent wasn\u2019t prepared to share.<\/p>\n
MacBeth told Storyful, \u201cThe animals usually get along well, but this raccoon had a kit late in the season, so she was definitely \u2018hangry\u2019 and protective of her food.\u201d<\/p>\n
A \u2018hangry\u2019 raccoon in Pennsylvania went viral after fiercely guarding its kibble from a curious deer.<\/p>\n
The cute critter turned fierce, snapping at the deer and sending it running.<\/p>\n
The raccoon then finished its feast alone.<\/p>\n
When the deer moved within reach for a taste, the cute critter transformed into a ferocious rodent in an instant.<\/p>\n
The raccoon snapped like a lightning bolt, sending the startled animal back to its herd before finishing its feast with green grapes for dessert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A wide-eyed racoon with open paws convinced a Pennsylvania resident to share a snack with the cute critter,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299529,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[123485,25024,837,28,30,29],"class_list":["post-299528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-cute-animals","tag-deer","tag-lifestyle","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}