>>2449182That's what I originally thought. Thing is, we don't have cherries around here outside of a few suburban yards AFAIK. And I see them (in scat) way outside suburbs, in rural areas, and even way out in the middle of the woods. For a raccoon or even a fox to not only find these cherries, but eat large amounts of them in times where I'm pretty sure they're not even in season (as in, not fruiting) most of the year (IIRC Winter included) and then make a beeline to an area they don't grow (eg. conservation areas where mostly only native plants are allowed to grow) and shit it out all in about ~12-24 hours is quite the feat. Especially for multiple raccoons (or foxes, or maybe even opossums at times) to do this common enough that I probably see it at least in 1/5 scat piles.
It's gotten to the point that I got annoyed and curious enough I have a couple of the seeds I've gathered from scat (proper safety precautions taken so I don't get some obscure parasite or disease) and I'm eventually going to grow the seeds. It would probably be 6 mo+ until I see results but it's bugging me that much; IIRC in previous searches I couldn't find much info on the diets of raccoons, foxes, and opossums other than "fruit" and "small mammals", which is pretty vague and technically right, but annoying. While you can find and easily infer which animals they eat (the bones of which sometimes even show up in scat), plants and fruit are a little harder to find info on, not to mention the fact that the diet changes from state to state and county to county.
