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This morning my younger daughter, who turned 6 yesterday asks me'
"Daddy, do racoons have lasers?"
To which I reply no and ask her what made her think that racoons have lasers, "Is it because their eyes glow when you shine a flashlight on them?"
She looks at me like I'm an idiot and says no, it's because when she was playing outside when visiting her cousin they saw a racoon that was outside during the day, so they ran inside.
Ooooohhhhh, rabies, not lasers. So I explained what rabies was and to be careful, etc.
Better to have a healthy dose of misguided respect than not enough.
"Daddy, do racoons have lasers?"
To which I reply no and ask her what made her think that racoons have lasers, "Is it because their eyes glow when you shine a flashlight on them?"
She looks at me like I'm an idiot and says no, it's because when she was playing outside when visiting her cousin they saw a racoon that was outside during the day, so they ran inside.
Ooooohhhhh, rabies, not lasers. So I explained what rabies was and to be careful, etc.
Better to have a healthy dose of misguided respect than not enough.