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Originally posted by Candlelight:

I'm not sure about possums (although they're infamous for eating chickens and eggs) but, racoons eat mice, snails, fish, frogs, bats, bugs, . . . pretty much what they can get their little hands on (veggies, too, of course.)
The ones we had loved hamburgers and hot dogs.
Go figure.

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Originally posted by Eryk Davis Ester:

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Originally posted by Candlelight:

I'm not sure about possums (although they're infamous for eating chickens and eggs) but, racoons eat mice, snails, fish, frogs, bats, bugs, . . . pretty much what they can get their little hands on (veggies, too, of course.)
The ones we had loved hamburgers and hot dogs.
Go figure.

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All three (racoons, opossums, squirrels) are omnivores. While possums mostly scavenge for meat they'll certainly attack much smaller animals if the opportunity presents itself.

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Squirrels eat bugs/worms?
I've never seen one eating a bug or a worm, but that doesn't mean much.
A horse or gazelle or etc. will eat the bugs on the graces and leaves and grains that they eat, too, I suppose.

And I agree that any scavenger will kill to eat if it can.

Racoons still seem like true predators, to me.

Is this an Asian predatory mammal?

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