The Intelligent Life of the City Raccoon

Re:The Intelligent Life of the City Raccoon by seanalltogether on Thursday October 09, 2014 @08:28PM (#8435667)

I wonder what it is about his design that requires an opposable thumb? Maybe like a vertical rod you'd have to grip and pull down?

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Re:The Intelligent Life of the City Raccoon by GuiA on Thursday October 09, 2014 @08:40PM (#8435698)

Likely a lid that requires pressure on two opposite faces to open- a bit like the kid proof pill bottles.

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Re:The Intelligent Life of the City Raccoon by kijin on Thursday October 09, 2014 @09:13PM (#8435789)

Couldn't a raccoon work around that limitation by placing two paws on opposite sides of the mechanism and squeezing?

Unless the mechanism requires two hands with opposable thumbs (four points of pressure)... in which case two raccoons could work together and share the spoils.

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Re:The Intelligent Life of the City Raccoon by viral_krieger on Thursday October 09, 2014 @11:17PM (#8436099)

Here's the design article.

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/08/26/toronto_designer_...

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