Rhode Island Department of Transportation workers cleaning out catch basins made a startling discovery -- two trapped raccoons treading water in a rapidly-filling drain.
YEAR FOR RACCOONS. SO THIS ILLNESS IS FATAL IN RACCOONS. IT IS HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS. IT’S CALLED CANINE DISTEMPER. AND THE WISCONSIN HUMANE SOCIETY’S WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER SEES ABOUT 100 ...
“The fat cells remember the overweight state and can return to this state more easily,” explains Professor Ferdinand von Meyenn, who led the study published in Nature. Calorie-storing white fat cells.