The raccoon over many years has been painted with a very bad brush. It has been labeled the thief in the animal world. Aside from moneys, it is believed that they raccoon is responsible for missing cars, jewellery, oil rigs and just about anything a raccoon is able to steal! The media with its use of kids cartoons has also brushed this adorable critter as a thief. Do you know the famous Dora the Explorer words "Swiper no Swiping"? Well guess what kind of animal swiper is? That's right, swiper is a racoon disguised as a fox or a fox desperately trying to look like a racoon. Subliminally, they want you to think racoon. So what is the real story behind raccoon why people brand them as thieves. Lets go through the simply list.

Their look Like Burglars

• Undoubtedly, raccoon have a distinctive look of a prowler or burglar. Look at the burglar and the raccoon, the racoon wears what many believe is a permanent burglar mask and its sticky little fingers are painted black like the burglar gloves. So sorry for you my poor little racoon friend, congress needs to pass a law which forbids burglars to look like raccoons!
  

They Sneak Around Your Home In The Dark

• It's 1:am in the morning and your simply just can't sleep even though you have been in bed for the past 4 hours. You suddenly hear bottles rattling outside and little noises at the outside of your front door. You get up thinking that it must be a burglar or intruder. You grab your baseball bat and clench it firmly ready to defend your self and property. You immediately call 911 and tell them there is someone in your yard and he is trying to get in through the front door.  Sirens come screaming which wakes up the entire neighborhood, now the floodlight is on your house and all they say was a raccoon, scratching at your front door trying to get to the stuck chicken bone which fell from your chicken box when you were coming in. Now everyone is having a laugh at you for calling the cops on a raccoon. Raccoons will prowl around homes at night simply scavenging for any meal worth taking.
  

Raccoons Steal Other Animals Meals

• Don't mess with the raccoon,  racoon will see another animal feeding and in the the blink of an eye, that animal's food is gone. The raccoon will also sits and takes out 1 then two, then three and so on until its had its fill.
  

The raccoon is an adorable creature and has been blamed for many mishaps both in the animal and human kingdom. They are naturally nocturnal and when they move, it is simply about home, mating and food. Lets stop branding the raccoon as a thief and end the bad racoon stigma,

The Oryx is a species of the Antelope Family. The Large antelopes are long horned antelopes. Three of these antelopes are native to parts of Africa while the fourth is native to the Arabian Peninsula.

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Oryx is a genus consisting of four large antelope species. Three of them are native to arid parts of Africa, and the fourth to the Arabian Peninsula. Apart from being hunted for natural food by African big cats such as Lions and hyenas, one of the oryx greatest enemies are trophy hunters, man.

The Oryx generally has a life span of 15 -20 years and will go through gestation periods of 243-274 days. Oryx can be a pretty big animal, weighing in at 140kg to 220kg, with heights ranging from 1-1.2m

How The Oryx Behaves
If the oryx is the larger and older of the herd, he will be the dominant bull which dwells among the oryxs.  As the calves grow and become stringer, they start to  test one another in what look like games, though in reality are tests of strength. As the hierarchy becomes established, the need to fight is reduced. Ritual displays replace actual contact, except when evenly matched individuals may have to fight to establish their rank. Along with lateral displays, oryx perform a slow, prancing walk and sometimes break into a gallop. When several males are making these displays, they may clash horns.

What Do Oryx Eat
Oryx are natural herbivores  and their diet is mainly consisted of grass. They will also eat certain plants, melons and roots and tubers which they love to dig out of the ground.

How Do They Care For Their Young
The fame oryx will temporarily leave the herd to give birth to her calf. She will hide that calf for up to 3 weeks, but she will visit the hidden calf to nurse and ensure that it is OK. Calves are suckled for 6 to 9 months and reach maturity at 18 to 24 months.