On Fri, 5 Mar 2021 20:30:22 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2021-03-05 8:01 p.m., Leo wrote:
>> On 2021 Mar 4, , Cindy Hamilton wrote
>> (in >):
>>
>>> The raccoon is native to North America and can be found throughout the United
>>> States, except for parts of the Rocky Mountains, and southwestern states like
>>> Nevada, Utah, and Arizona. It can also be found in parts of Canada, Mexico
>>> and the northern-most regions of South America.
>>
>> The citation is in error. I have personally seen raccoons in Western Nevada.
>> When animal "ranges" exclude states that border other states that the
>> animals live within, the citation is almost always incorrect. Citations
>> should always include the disclaimer, "in general".
>> I shot a white-winged scoter once on Walker Lake, Nevada. The bird had no
>> business being there. They´re ocean ducks. That´s a bad example. Scoters
>> aren't native, but raccoons are, in Western Nevada.
>>
>>
>
>When I was a kid we found the body of a sea turtle in Lake Ontario.
>That is about 1,000 miles from the ocean.

Former pet, probably.

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