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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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Can raccoons contract tetanus?

I work with wildlife, and I am aware that after being bitten or scratched by a raccoon a tetanus shot is recommended. I recently came across a raccoon that was stiff as a board but obviously still mentally present. I was thinking it may have had paralytic rabies, but also wondering about tetanus. Google could not give me even one resource that answers this question.
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Really any animal with a nervous system that uses acetylcholine can be affected by tetanus and botulinum toxins.

Fun fact: botulism (a very close cousin to tetanus) can cause huge avian die-offs because maggots aren't affected by the toxin but can concentrate it in their gut. Waterfowl that become paralyzed have "limp neck" syndrome and end up drowning. This makes more bodies and more maggots and even more dead birds.