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Midtown New York City has countless tourist attractions. Now, there are about 22 more. Ilya Naymushin/Rueters

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• A family of raccoons living in Central Park is NYC's latest tourist attraction.
• Tourists feed the raccoons and snap selfies.
If you cherished this information in addition to you would want to be given more info about bubble shooter pet kindly stop by our own web site. • The chief of education and wildlife for New York City parks advises against feeding or approaching them.

 A family of wild raccoons is one of the newest selfie opportunities in Manhattan's Central Park. An estimated 22 raccoons live in the southern end of the park by "The Pond" and gather food from shutter-happy tourists.

Every evening, the raccoons emerge and prowl the path leading to 59th Street, waiting for visitors to leave them food in exchange for a photo or video.

According to a report from the New York Times, the animals in the park are well-fed. On a recent night, the raccoons were given "organic gummy bears...potato chips; and a piece of a hot dog." The raccoons are occasionally fed stale bagels from a local bakery.

i almost pet a raccoon in central park today and my brain said "DONT DO IT" but my heart said "NEW FRIEND"

— n a o m i (@naomicalhoun) September 28, 2016