Trying to find a way to explain the birds and the bees to children can be a difficult task for any parent . So luckily for this father , a pair of raccoons took it upon themselves to make his job a little easier by giving a little demonstration in the garden . The hilarious footage captured in Seattle begins innocently enough with some excited children looking out of the window at two raccoons scaling their fence . The children watch on excitedly as the male raccoon chases the female from the fence and into the garden . As the youngsters speculate about whether they will jump from the fence – before a little ‘ muffin man ’ song interlude – one of the raccoons descends into the garden closely pursued by the other . One child , sensing the tension , asks : ‘ Can raccoons fight ? ’ While another exclaims : ‘ Woah , they ’ re wrestling. ’ As one raccoon mates the other , the children begin to laugh and the father responds quickly be saying : ‘ They ’ re doing more than wrestling I think. ’ Laughing along in the excitement , the father continues to film the episode in the garden until one of the children offers up an explanation in the form of a question : ‘ Is he doing the Heimlich manoeuvre ? ’ The children laugh hysterically as the two raccoons begin mating and offer up a number of innocent explanations for their behaviour . ‘ I think so , ’ replies one of the children before the father confidently states : ‘ Yes , that ’ s the Heimlich. ’ Raccoons usually mate between late January and mid-March , in a period triggered by increasing daylight . During the mating season , males spend much of their time searching for females in an attempt to copulate in the three-to-four day period when conception is possible . The encounters can last over and hour and may be repeated over several nights , so it is likely that the children have some laughs still yet to come . The Heimlich manoeuvre ? Raccoon copulation can last over an hour so it is likely the children had some more laughs later .
Youngsters watch from the window in amazement at the two dancers . As they are dancing one child asks whether they are wrestling . Before another suggests he is performing the same manoeuvre .