"A lot of folks think that raccoons are clever animals, and it's for that reason that we're really interested in studying them and how they are doing so well in cities. And so, what part of their cleverness really aids them in their successful behavioral adaptations to living in urban environments?" explains lead author Lauren Stanton, Ph.D.
"Here you can see we have these three raccoons that are in somebody's backyard. And so there's one in the background, two in the foreground. They're both working hard to open the puzzle. One is kind of focused on the body of the tube and it's able to get the cap off," Stanton explains.
"But they say the research isn't just about how quickly the raccoons learn, but the forces driving them to take on something new, unfamiliar, and potentially risky."
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