Part of my job at the state fish and wildlife department was to lend equipment to residents for trapping and relocating raccoons. A man who had successfully captured one called to ask whether raccoons mated for life. He said his daughter was worried they might have separated a monogamous couple.
"I don't know why she's so concerned," he added. "She's been married three times."
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