Coati

[Shrike]

A few more pics from my trip to Mexico. The coatis we encountered were very inquisitive, probably because of tourists' propensity to feed them (which I didn't). Hide your kids, hide your wife, because the coatis are coming after your gaucamole.

 

[PrimalTaunt]

Love those buggers. I know of a couple people who have one and was considering getting one myself down the road... until I found out that they eat tarantulas in the wild. And with their inquisitiveness I would not put it past them to try to (and probably succeed) breaking into tarantula enclosures.

 

[Shell]

They are so cute! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Philth]

While in Costa Rica a few years back I was surrounded by a pack of them. They are very cool animals but it was sad to see them so dependent on people to feed them, instead of fearing us.

Later, Tom

 

[catfishrod69]

those are cool little bandicoots...but ill stick with my ferret or as i like to call them (land otters)..

 

[BQC123]

Coatis are neat to see, but they can become a problem when fed, like any wild animal. They become just like the semi-tame raccoons you see. I stayed at a place in Belize that had three pretty tame ones. Somewhere I have a picture of one curled up on my lap sleeping. They had a guy who's job was to walk around with a super soaker and chase them off if they were bothering people, but I liked them.