Raccoons used to defecate and fornicate in our swimming pool. Kept ruining the screen enclosure to get in. They tore apart our fish pond to scratch out the eyes of our goldfish. Not eat them, just scratch out their eyes. Bats eat hundreds of bugs every night, including mosquitoes. Raccoons eat your garbage and strew around what they do not want. Raccoons are cute and destructive. Bats are ugly and scary and so helpful.