Summary:
- This article discusses a study that suggests human trash is leading to the domestication of raccoons living in cities.
- Raccoons are becoming more comfortable around humans and are adapting to live in urban environments by scavenging for food in trash cans and dumpsters.
- The study found that raccoons living in cities have smaller brains, less aggression, and are more docile compared to their wild counterparts, indicating they are undergoing a domestication process due to their close interactions with humans and reliance on human-provided food sources.