--- 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. 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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. 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