--- title: Raccoon Meal Time description: Joel Rosenthal posts video of raccoon meal time in Hillsboro West Virginia canonical: https://time.com/3973949/raccoons-meal-time/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-27T21:08:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:02:12.704Z og:title: Nothing Will Stand in the Way of These Raccoons and Their Meal og:description: Joel Rosenthal posts video of raccoon meal time in Hillsboro West Virginia og:url: https://time.com/3973949/raccoons-meal-time/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Nothing Will Stand in the Way of These Raccoons and Their Meal twitter:description: Joel Rosenthal posts video of raccoon meal time in Hillsboro West Virginia twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Nothing Will Stand in the Way of These Raccoons and Their Meal ## Video: Lil Bub: Not All Glitter And Catnip [Watch (HLS stream): Lil Bub: Not All Glitter And Catnip](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/eXkhofQI.m3u8) (2:27)  _Published 2013-10-30. Lil Bub and owner Mike Bridavsky describe the hectic touring life of a famous feline._  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jul 27, 2015 9:08 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jul 27, 2015 9:08 PM UTC Joel Rosenthal of Hillsboro, West Virginia, posted a video of three ravenous raccoons during “meal time” at his house. Two of them stick their faces — and basically half their bodies — into the bowl. Of course, no one would dare correct them and point out their bad manners – they could have rabies, right? The video has been shared more than 1,400 times since it was uploaded to Facebook on July 21. Someone should at least hand them some [bubble wrap](http://time.com/10111/raccoon-pops-bubble-wrap/) so they can clean themselves up. ### Black Cat Audition, 1961  Caption from LIFE. Who's afraid of all these black cats? Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Black cats auditioning for a role in The Black Cat, a new version of the Edgar Allan Poe classic in 1961. Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Black cats auditioning for a role in The Black Cat, a new version of the Edgar Allan Poe classic in 1961. Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Black cats auditioning for a role in The Black Cat, a new version of the Edgar Allan Poe classic in 1961. Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Black cats auditioning for a role in The Black Cat, a new version of the Edgar Allan Poe classic in 1961. Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Black cats auditioning for a role in The Black Cat, a new version of the Edgar Allan Poe classic in 1961. Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Black cats auditioning for a role in The Black Cat, a new version of the Edgar Allan Poe classic in 1961. Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Black cats auditioning for a role in The Black Cat, a new version of the Edgar Allan Poe classic in 1961. Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Black cats auditioning for a role in The Black Cat, a new version of the Edgar Allan Poe classic in 1961. Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Black cats auditioning for a role in The Black Cat, a new version of the Edgar Allan Poe classic in 1961. Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Black cats auditioning for a role in The Black Cat, a new version of the Edgar Allan Poe classic in 1961. Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Black cats auditioning for a role in The Black Cat, a new version of the Edgar Allan Poe classic in 1961. Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Black cats auditioning for a role in The Black Cat, a new version of the Edgar Allan Poe classic in 1961. Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  A lone white cat, out of place auditioning for a role in The Black Cat. Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Raccoon Meal Time ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3973949/raccoons-meal-time/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3973949/raccoons-meal-time/"},"headline":"Nothing Will Stand in the Way of These Raccoons and Their Meal","datePublished":"2015-07-27T21:08:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T08:02:12.704Z","description":"No sense of decorum at all","url":"https://time.com/3973949/raccoons-meal-time/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. 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