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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Kinkajous do that to their food before they eat it.
dog = wolf = native to Americas
cat = lynx = native to Americas
LOL!
how do you scare a woman into that :)
Cross a dog and a cat, and you may end up with an animal that thinks about killing you and is able to do so.
“Hamsters I do not know about.”
Hamsters are Syrian Refugees. And we know what that means. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_hamster
I can picture that thing buying Night Train and cigarettes with an EBT card.
Thank you. I was really scratching my head at that one. A cross that is implied to be regularly living in the wild?
I have a feeling poor editing left out “LOOKS LIKE” when writing it IS a cross between....
Huh? Wolves all over the world. If you believe that connection.
Cat is not lynx. Although many cats do exist that are closely related - and that includes Europe/Africa/Arabia.
Took me a minute to get it, but—good one!
Oh my gracious. That IS disturbing. Heh heh! Er. Never mind!
10 at 2 and 2 at 10?
You’d give your left nad for a tongue like that.
Don’t have cats....but my dogs would never even bite me.
kinkajou = raccoons = lot's of people have them as pets.
THAT must'a been some mating! < /sarc >
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