Profs and Pints Northern Virginia presents: “Raccoons Unmasked,”
with John Hadidian, urban wildlife expert and instructor in natural
resources for Virginia Tech. Biologist John Hadidian spent more than
10 years hot on the trail of mischievous raccoons. Using radio
transmitters and tracking collars, he followed the animals around
Washington D.C. throughout the night to study their habits. His
research helped make him a leading national expert on them, with
federal agencies and National Geographic turning to him as a
consultant on the critters. Come to Crooked Run Fermentation in
Sterling, Va., for a fascinating interactive talk by Dr. Hadidian on
what he has learned. He'll discuss raccoons' social interactions and
social organization, their space use and shelter requirements, and how
they forage throughout the hours when most of us are in bed. He'll
also take us through their life cycle and yearly pattern, which
includes mating, bearing and raising young, and fattening up in fall
for lean times in winter. Urban environments, it turns out, represent
a near-perfect habitat for these wildlife generalists, which are as
happy to sleep in your attic and nosh on your discarded pizza crusts
as they are to munch on berries and dwell in a tree. Dr. Hadidian is
full of great tales about these rascally raiders, their antics in the
night, and the chaos that can ensue when raccoons and humans come face
to face. He'll be taking your questions and donating his proceeds from
his talk to City Wildlife, a Washington D.C. organization devoted to
helping wildlife that has been injured or orphaned. (Advance tickets:
$13.50 plus sales tax and processing fees. Doors: $17, or $15 with a
student ID. Listed time is for doors. Talk starts 30 minutes later.)
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