To Eyeroll or Not to Eyeroll? The Saga of the Raccoon

[jedusor]

Okay, with a title like that, you just had to read on, right? *grin*

Okay, the story began like this. adinls and I were discussing how we wanted to die.

coria uruloki: i shall fall from a llama at the ripe old age of 97
coria uruloki: a snake will bite me
coria uruloki: a poisonous one
coria uruloki: as they rush me back to a hospital, one of the people carrying me shall trip
coria uruloki: i shall fly happily through a rich person's window, destroying their ferrari on the way
coria uruloki: i shall break my back
coria uruloki: gasping, i shall breathe a set of coordinates into the ear of the first person to reach me
coria uruloki: it shall be a spot in the middle of shark-infested waters in the atlantic ocean
coria uruloki: there shall be , at the bottom of the ocean, in an airtight container, "APRIL FOOL!"
coria uruloki: even though it shall be november.
coria uruloki: i shall leave all my possessions to "that homeless lady on cantaloupe street"
coria uruloki: if there is in fact a homeless woman on cantaloupe street, she shall become rich
coria uruloki: if there is not, there shall be a large court battle
coria uruloki: which my lawyer shall win
coria uruloki: he shall take all of my things home, and the moment he pulls into his driveway, ben's formerly red high-tops will explode, destroying yet another rich person's ferrari
coria uruloki: as well as the lawyer himself
coria uruloki: his wife shall inherit everything
coria uruloki: she shall be you.
coria uruloki: the end.

adinls: *falls asleep on julia*
coria uruloki: *takes you onto my lap and snuggles*
adinls: *smiles in sleep*
coria uruloki: *eyes the llama peering in my window* nice try, buster. not till i'm 97.
adinls: *says, what now? in sleep to llama*
coria uruloki: *llama rolls eyes and disappears*
coria uruloki: *even though llamas can't roll their eyes*
coria uruloki: *begins to puzzle over unllamaish behavior*
coria uruloki: *concludes that llama is in fact a raccoon in disguise*
adinls: *snores*
coria uruloki: *goes back to sleep*
coria uruloki: wait
coria uruloki: can raccoons roll their eyes?

And so the question was proposed. Can raccoons roll their eyes? Google had nothing to say on the matter. Neither did Ask Jeeves. I then posed the question to everyone on my buddy list, and headed over to fandom chat and got a few opinions from there. Here's what everyone had to say:

adinls: probably

drkdragon5000: I think they can. Not that one has ever rolled it's eyes at me...

absinthefire: they can scare the living shit out of my brother and make him run like a girl.

johnjohnyanksfan: I'm sure they can roll their eyes, I just dont think they do roll their eyes. like the occasion never comes up for them to go "Moooom"

daelphnin: i don't think ANY animal rolls its eyes unless it's scared shitless

raingeckogoddess: im sure they can, but i can't imagine why they would

hommiefuzzball: yes, they can. the very act of blinking, closing the eyes, means they roll them back into their head.

elvea87: whyfore?
coria uruloki: i need to know if the llama that's rolling its eyes at my friend is in fact a raccoon in disguise.
elvea87: LOL but WHERE the hell is a llama?
coria uruloki: there isn't actually a llama
coria uruloki: it's a potential llama that COULD be rolling its eyes at my friend
elvea87: a potential llama?
coria uruloki: hey, look at it this way- i spiced up your evening a bit, right?
elvea87: ...or something

domstiff: i dunno if they can roll their eyes. but they can sscrew in a tree and keep me awake all nigth with the screaming

And there you have it. Can raccoons roll their eyes? The general consensus is yes. The truth? I still don't know. I will, however, find out. Eventually.