Posted on 05/18/2006 12:16:48 PM PDT by Redcitizen
NICOSIA (Reuters) - A raccoon suffered an 11,000 volt electric shock when it scampered up a pylon in Cyprus but escaped with burns.
The nocturnal mammal triggered a two-hour power outage at the town of Aradippou in southeast Cyprus after it scaled the pylon. It was eventually captured with a net and has been impounded by vets as an illegal import.
"It suffered some burns which we treated and is now recovering ... it certainly has the will to live," Charalambos Kakoyiannis of the island's veterinary department said on Thursday.
Raccoons, a native of the Americas, were introduced to Europe last century but are alien to Cyprus and authorities said the animal, whose owner was unknown, was smuggled onto the island.
While hunting deer, I have heard coons make some of the wierdest noises. I bet this one made a funny sound when he got the zot.
LOL, now that's funny right there.
After all the probalematic Asian and South American animal imports into this country, this is the first time I heard of the reverse. Guess they never heard of coon-skin caps.
Rocky burst in and grinning a grin
He said pylon boy this is a showdown!
Is that Goring?
LOL!
Nooooooo!!!!! Aw, geez. Poor little guy.
Hmmmmm. I wonder why someone would bother to smuggle a racoon.
"....impounded by vets as an illegal.....alien to Cyprus..."
I'm getting really tired of all these illegal alien articles!
OOOoooo...your so bad.........LOL
Been waiting for a chance to use this.
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Funny, except the Germans call racoon "Waeschbaeren"
The transmitter was at the end of Warwick Blvd and I was at the studios on Mercury Blvd. when the station went down.
They were going back and forth (studio/chief engineer) over a wiring diagram when one of the says "I have a 'raccoon-to-ground contact' here at G-47".
This was a less-than-lucky raccoon as he had stepped into 5 kw of RF.
Yep.
Ha! That was funny.
How about Electri-coon tion?
I'm shocked that you would say that. :)
It was there illegally.
" ...has been impounded by vets as an illegal import."
LOL!.....
Nazi racoons invade the wineland
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-1846678,00.html
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