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What personality and behavior traits make raccoons more highly skilled bandits in urban areas? That’s the question a team of researchers in Wyoming set out to investigate. Researchers trapped and tagged 204 wild raccoons in Laramie, Wyoming, between August 2015 and September 2019, according to a study published in the Journal of Experimental Biology. As they tagged the raccoons, researchers noted their personality traits: Was the raccoon bolder and aggressive? Or calmer and more shy? Then researchers set the stage: They placed a number of boxes in the area equipped with a two-button device. If…