A kinkajou was caressing a woman’s face when she woke up in her Miami home, according to a family friend. (Credit: South Dade Avian and Exotic Animal Center)
Posted on 01/27/2016 5:41:42 PM PST by BenLurkin
Late Monday night, the woman was startled when she woke up staring at a kinkajou, which is a cross between a raccoon and monkey.
The woman, who has not been named in reports, screamed in panic and the animal scurried away into the attic, according to a Cathy Moghari, a family friend who helped rescue the animal. Moghari came over to the house to try to catch the feisty 2-foot-long creature, which she recognized as a kinkajou because of her experience with exotic animals, according to CNN affilaite WPLG.
"I start thinking, 'How are we going to get this animal out?' So I googled kinkajou sounds and found a video," Moghari told WPLG. After doing an Internet search for kinkajous, Moghari played some kingajous sounds with the speaker held up to the ceiling, the animal emerged. Moghari then used cherries to help lure the hungry and frightened animal into a cage.
Tuesday morning, the animal arrived at South Dade Avian and Exotic Animal Medical Center where veterinarian Don Harris was able to check over the health of the anxious creature.
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Kinkajous are nocturnal animals and spend most of their time in trees, according to National Geographic. They are able to turn their feet backwards to run easily in either direction along branches or up and down tree trunks. Although they are typically timid, they can be dangerous, because of their sharp teeth.
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Yes, I would scream and run in panic, too! LOL! Mostly because you wouldn’t know what that was immediately. Poor thing ran off, also scared.
Adorable!
(When it’s sedated)
i woke up with some scary things caressing my face after a few too many Alabama Slammers :)
The report says that they attended to the needs of the animal. Did anyone think to check on the woman? I am sure she was scared shirtless.
Don’t ask me why I thought about Laz.
She seemed to handle it very well for a 99 year old. So happy the baby is reunited with its original owner :)
I personally would only be concerned about the woman, but I am not PC.
So non-PC it hurts.
The reporter should have done her homework. Raccoons and monkeys can not mate. The kinkajou is a member of the same mammalian family as raccoons and they are often mistaken for monkeys. But they are not a hybrid of the two.
“...which is a cross between a raccoon and monkey...”
Cool animal. But no - not a “cross”.
I personally dislike such screwy non-native pets.
these people need to get a dog or a cat, maybe a hamster.
why get an animal from God-knows where and bring here?
“..why get an animal from God-knows where and bring here?”
So the loose pythons in Florida don’t eat the dogs and cats?
Myself, I thought of Howard Stern, upon hearing of a kinkajou caressing a woman in her sleep. Just like him, I thought.
It sounded good!!
Pretty soon...we will hear about a cross between a dog and a cat...called a doat. Loving, loyal, and aloof..all in the same package.
Looks like its into kinky stuff.
the pythons in Florida should hunted down and eradicated.
A kinkajou is not a cross between a raccoon and a monkey.
I think they do have hunts for them. I’m not sure how successful they are. I’m guessing with all of these foreign things, once they are in and grab hold they are pretty tough to get rid of.
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