Raccoon Lore From My Youngest<\/b><\/p>\n
youngest son: Hey Mom, guess what?
\nMe: What?
\nyoungest son: Raccoons don’t have saliva!
\nMe: Huh? Are you sure about that?
\nyoungest son: Yes.
\nMe: Hmmm. Really?
\nyoungest son: Yes, dey don’t have saliva..so do you know what dey do?
\nMe: I have no idea.
\nyoungest son: Well, dey put water on deir food.
\nMe: And why do they do that?
\nyoungest son: Well, dey put the water on deir food to make it wetter so dat it’ll sliver down deir froats. <\/p>\n
And there you have it. Of course, he’s wrong. This is just a myth about raccoons who do, in fact, have salivary glands. I just wanted to blog the conversation so that I’d remember it. I need to get video of him telling me this with the hand motions — it’s hilarious.<\/p>\n
“So dat it’ll sliver down deir froats..” What a hoot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Raccoon Lore From My Youngest youngest son: Hey Mom, guess what? Me: What? youngest son: Raccoons don’t have saliva! Me: Huh? Are you sure about that? youngest son: Yes. Me: Hmmm. Really? youngest son: Yes, dey don’t have saliva..so do … Continue reading