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How Raccoons Get into Your Home
Burglars will forever wish they had the skills of a raccoon when it comes to breaking and entering. They are Incredibly Resourceful Raccoons are incredibly resourceful when it comes to making a den inside your house. Raccoons often get into chimneys or access attics...
Raccoons: Nature’s Trash Pandas?
If you haven’t yet seen images of raccoons posted on the internet with the caption “trash panda” then you probably are staying well clear of Reddit and Instagram. In 2014, Redditor u/CarlPeligro commented on a photograph of a raccoon, “Raccoons = trash pandas,” and...
The Truth About Bats
When it comes to understanding the truth about bats, one of the things you should immediately put aside in your fear of these creatures (the blood-sucking vampire bats are only in South America) and realize how beneficial they are. Bats are the only mammals capable of...
Interesting Facts About Rodents
Rats and mice, like other rodents such as squirrels, have front teeth that continuously grow. Because their front teeth never stop growing, rodents are constantly gnawing on wood and other items to keep their teeth at the right length. In fact, the word “rodent” comes...
Reasons to Appreciate Squirrels
Whether they are eating all of your birdseed or driving your dog crazy, squirrels are often little more than a nuisance, but even if you keep a BB gun within easy range of your birdfeeder, you’ve got to admit that sometimes squirrels can be a lot of fun to watch as...
Good and Bad Bees of Georgia
There are more than 20,000 recorded bee species across the world, and while bees are valuable to the environment it can be inconvenient and potentially dangerous to allow them to thrive near a home. Honey bees, bumble bees, mason bees, and soil nesting bees are...
The Effects of Beaver Dams on Humans
The beaver is making a strong comeback In the US and is having an impact on human populations. In the past, the beaver was nearly driven to extinction by the fur trade, but now nature’s engineers number in the 8-10 million range here. On one hand, the Beaver helps the...
Beavers: The Hardest Working Nuisance You’ll Ever Have
Honestly, when most people think of beavers, they don’t think of them as pests. But to those who live downstream of their dams, that’s exactly what they are. If you have beavers around your property, you’re looking at problems that range from tree damage on your...
Dangers of Coyotes
While the the Looney Tunes' depiction of coyotes is hilariously far-fetched, it is actually rooted in one true notion: coyotes are extremely crafty animals. Instead of creating holes in giant canyons via dynamite explosion, they paw at snow long enough to trigger a...
Kings of The Attic
Welcome, Home! Whether you just got the keys to your first house or this is the 5th plus year coming through that front door; either way this is your safe haven. Regardless of how long you've lived in your current abode, when you curl up at night the last thing you...