When confronted, raccoons face their challenger straight on. Accordingly, many people do not realize that these animals have long snouts. Raccoons are omnivorous and that means they will eat almost everything. Their diet includes frogs, fish, vegetables, and even pet food from the dishes left on porches. They will also eat garbage, and I have watched them eat ants.
Raccoons have a funny habit of washing their food if they are near water.
When the raccoons live in the woods, they will wash their food in creeks, streams, and rivers. In the city, I have seen them wash purloined dog food in the family dog's water dish as they guardedly look from right to left. The urban raccoons will take water where ever they can find it. The bravest little raccoon liked to float across the pool on the inflatable raft. Children, they are the same even in the animal world.