it's becoming a cultural thing. a ton of rabies infected raccoons in ne georgia. folks down in florida openly feed them and they come out in daylight demanding food.
i've always believed if there were animals about at night they were looking and scavenging for food. during the day, they're suspect of serious medical issues.
coons walking around in the daylight is a bad sign of things to come. noone wants to take rabies anti-serum. and it's not cheap either.
