Uh-oh, Adam, you’ve got way more problems than just shredded upholstery! That raccoon has undoubtedly pooped all over your car’s interior … and raccoon poop contains a particularly nasty parasite, which doesn’t bother the raccoon but can be devastating as it tunnels through humans looking for a raccoon … which it never finds. Per the CDC: “Baylisascaris infection is caused by a roundworm found in raccoons. This roundworm can infect people as well as a variety of other animals, including dogs. Human infections are rare, but can be severe if the parasites invade the eye (ocular larva migrans), organs (visceral larva migrans) or the brain (neural larva migrans).” (https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/baylisascaris/)
Uh-oh, Adam, you’ve got way more problems than just shredded upholstery! That raccoon has undoubtedly pooped all over your car’s interior … and raccoon poop contains a particularly nasty parasite, which doesn’t bother the raccoon but can be devastating as it tunnels through humans looking for a raccoon … which it never finds. Per the CDC: “Baylisascaris infection is caused by a roundworm found in raccoons. This roundworm can infect people as well as a variety of other animals, including dogs. Human infections are rare, but can be severe if the parasites invade the eye (ocular larva migrans), organs (visceral larva migrans) or the brain (neural larva migrans).” (https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/baylisascaris/)