KLRU-TV, Austin PBS » racoon http://www.klru.org Inspiring Austin Tue, 21 May 2013 05:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 February 2012: NATURE "Raccoon Nation" http://www.klru.org/blog/2012/02/february-2012-nature-raccoon-nation/ http://www.klru.org/blog/2012/02/february-2012-nature-raccoon-nation/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:48:39 +0000 maappleman http://www.klru.org/?p=5209 more →]]> Each month, KLRU chooses a program for your family to enjoy together. This month’s Family Choice program is: NATURE: Raccoon Nation where we learn that we might actually be making racoons smarter.

Nature’s “Raccoon Nation”
Wednesday, February 8, 7pm

repeating:
Friday, February 10, 4-5am
Sunday, February 12, 2-3am & 5-6pm

Are we, in an effort to outwit raccoons, actually making them smarter and unwittingly contributing to their evolutionary success? Are the ever more complex obstacles that our fast-paced urban world throws at them actually pushing the development of raccoon brains? In this film, scientists from around the world share their thoughts and work to help explore this scientific theory. Attempting to do something that has never been done before, they closely follow a family of urban raccoons as they navigate the complex world of a big city.

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