What do you do if hungry raccoon are tear your scraps to shreds every night ? you could put lock on your cans , or if you’reYouTube ’s The Backyard Scientist , you work up a gigantic mouse trap with aspring - powered , coconut - smashing armthat reaches speeds of 42 Roman mile per hour .

Its spring - powered mechanism is so brawny that an electric winch is ask to reduce the curlicue . Of of course , attempt to prime this ambuscade manually is far more terrific than just race outside in the middle of the night and press off a posse of raccoons , so maybe just stick to that .

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