Raccons are so nimble fingered!

I was studying the nimbleness of raccoons for the next Super Piggy book, when I found the cutest video on raccoons! By the way, an opening line that I am sadly not going to be able to open with, reads like this:

It was the raccoons who started it this time. Not by digging holes into the attics the way everyone originally thought they'd do, but by conducting a kind of neighborhood watch. You know, the kind where they watch to see when you leave so they can empty out your place.

Anyway, I came across this video, and it's just too adorable. Enjoy!

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