When a raccoon falls asleep it uses its tail as a blanket. The adults weigh 20 to 30 pounds. The adult is also 24 to 40 inches long from the tip of its nose to the tip of its tail. The average height of an adult is 12 inches. In the spring the mother has 3 to 4 kits.
Raccoons are mostly nocturnal but sometimes they hunt in daylight.
They eat snails, fish, plants, animals, fruits, corns, grains, grasses, slugs, toads, butterflies, eggs, worms, snakes, lizards, turtles, ducks, rabbits, mice, clams, mussels and their favorite treat, crayfish. Raccoons like shiny objects because most of the time their food is wet. Their enemies are owls, eagles, bobcats, cougars, wolves, alligators and coyotes. To get away from enemies they run, climb up trees or swim away. To scare away enemies they raise their hair on their back and show their teeth.