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I've seen raccoons and white tail deer in a zoo in Mexico. They are both nuisance animals in the PNW. But then again I loved watching Mexican racoons everywhere (coati). Guess we all like seeing new and different animals.

Rabies. Once symptoms appear, the result is virtually always death.[1] The time period between contracting the disease and the start of symptoms is usually one to three months but can vary from less than one week to more than one year.[1]

Symptoms can include:

anxiety
seizures
confusion
hyperactivity
hallucinations
strange behaviour and general agitation
fear of water (hydrophobia)
fear of fresh air or drafts of air (aerophobia)

Once symptoms appear it's too late, you are fucked

I hate Trash Pandas. But at least in the West Coast of NA I don't have to worry about fucking the rabies. That shit scares the ever living shit out of me.

Exceptionally rare case below but still, holy fucking NOPE

Rabies with an incubation period of 19 years and 6 months.

G Iurasog, A Rosenberg, N Opreanu

A woman was bitten on the leg by a rabid dog in September 1945 and was admitted to hospital for antibiotic treatment, details of which were not available. In March 1965 she developed rabies, which began with pains at the site of the original bite. At autopsy no Negri bodies could be found, but there were inclusions in the cytoplasm and nuclei of the neurones of the diencephalon, glial cells and vascular endothelium. Rabies developed in rabbits inoculated with autopsy material. No history of a more recent animal bite could be obtained, and there was no rabies in the latter place of residence of the patient. The authors therefore conclude that this was a case of rabies with an incubation period of 19 years and 6 months. D. J. Bauer.