What kind of animal is this?

[DapperDan]

I’m 66 years old, and I’ve definitely noticed I’m getting softer as I get older. Nowadays, The only animal that I kill on sight on a regular basis is a black widow spider. Most other bugs and critters found in the house will be live-trapped and escorted out. Wasps that nest too close to a doorway will also get the ax. (or more accurately, the spray). I kind of look at it like what if some giant critter found my existence or my presence to be annoying, and just snuffed me for that reason. Most of them are just trying to make a living, the same as me.

That being said, I certainly wouldn’t blame you for shooting that little bugger. But I’m happy that you’re honoring your dad’s wishes..

My original plan was let the guy exist and if he became an issue relocate him. After attacking my dad my plan was to snuff out his life in an epic way. Dad said no. Leave him be. My dad is 72. I’ve given up arguing with the man…


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[Reburn]

May just be the beginning….

The people that came out to trap the animal failed to get him in a trap. They went to option b which is throw a net on him. This attempt failed and the critter escaped the garage.

The next question is will he return to the garage or stay gone? My money is return. He’s had food, water, and shelter here.

Honestly though…. He wouldn’t be hard to trap. Food and a live trap. It’s that easy. Or a pole with a noose on it. I literally fed him out of my hand. (With a leather glove on)

The kinkajou saga continues!


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4' catch pole and stood up dog plastic dog crate would be all needed.
what a bunch of amateurs.

 

[DapperDan]

How have I missed this thread so far? This is one of the more interesting threads I've seen on here.
That is a pretty cool animal. I don't think I've ever heard of a kinkajou before.
Sorry about your dad! Holy smokes. The kinkajou is good looking, but he's got a dark side. I'm glad you guys are sending it to the zoo. He deserves to die after that attack, but you guys are taking the high road and I respect that.

My dad is taking the high road. That being said, after the shock of ripping dad’s arm open (only good arm he has) I’d still let the little turd live. But not around dad’s house. We will see if he comes back and lands in a trap.


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[DapperDan]

Funny this one would be so unsocialized, most in captivity are quite used to human handling. Doesn't take most wild animals very long to revert to wild/natural behaviors though.

"Eco Adventures" (Brady Barr from National Geographic) rents a space in our building and houses quite a menagerie there. They cater to kids and specialize in showing them the natural side of things - important here so close to metropolis. I really enjoy the exotic animals and talking with Brady and his wife about wildlife. I get a first view of many specimens they bring in and have handled animals most have only ever seen through glass.

They have a young female kinkajou that has been the sweetest little thing. I've fooled with her off and on since she arrived a couple years ago and was small enough to cup in two hands. She loves bananas and eats from my hand. If I cuddle her against my chest, she goes right to sleep.

See post 81 and tread with caution when handling them. Dad wasn’t trying to touch it much less handle it. He was filling up water. Sucker jumped out off the rafter and went full spider monkey on him, unprovoked.

I grew up around all sorts of animals, big and small. Dogs are the only animals I trust. And only my own.


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[DapperDan]

4' catch pole and stood up dog plastic dog crate would be all needed.
what a bunch of amateurs.

100% my initial thought. Growing up I crawled in wild pig traps and hog tied them with the gate shut after putting a snout rope on them. Caught countless coons and opossums. Even snared some po’d dogs and cats when I worked for a vet in high school.

This one should have been easy… lololol

Reminds me of that saying. Something about wanting things done right…..


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[robcollins]

Trapped a raccoon a bit ago. Normally that trap would be the last thing they saw. Now they get taken somewhere and released.

Happens to all of us I guess.

My dad and his buddies trapped a raccoon and spray painted it pink, then took it and released it.

Why? I think that, like many of us, their sense of humor developed to pre-teen levels and stopped. My follow-up question was, "Why did you have pink spray paint?"

I live in suburbia, raccoons come to me for euthanasia assists, and neighbors are glad.

We had a mom and several pretty full-grown pups following her around. Neighbors fat gun-shy dog treed them one night and barked non- stop for hours. I went out at about 4 am in my underwear with a headlamp and a pistol. One was stuck in the fork of the neighbor's tree. 2 shots with the Buckmark. Barking stopped.

Retired elementary principal heard the story, and commented that she was sure I'd shot the dog. (I love that fat dipshit, worried that anyone would think I'd hurt him) She was glad the raccoons were either dead or back to acting scared of people, all the other neighbors too..

Now I have a much quieter pistol, but the raccoons don't come around anymore...

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[robcollins]

I'd rather eat the coon vs a turkey.

Share address, I'll send you all I get, dressed and on dry ice.

They're trashers here, the bacteria I imagine they roll in is enough to make me pause. The first I killed weighed 54lbs. That's a lot to eat by myself. Even dressed, that's bigger than a butterball.

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[EastHumboldt]

Ewwwww….trash panda!

 

[AndrewMT34]

Did the critter ever show back up?

 

[NRA4LIFE]

I wonder what barbecued kinkajou would taste like?

 

[GSPHUNTER]

I wonder what barbecued kinkajou would taste like?

Spotted owl.

 

[Reburn]

Spotted owl.

*Allegedly*

 

[DapperDan]

Did the critter ever show back up?

Not that I know of.


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[Blind Squirrel]

I read that their livers, when dried and ground into powder, are the most potent female aphrodisiac in the world.

Like, three times that of diamonds.




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Username checks out.

 

[CorbLand]

Not that I know of.


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If you would have given him some ear scritches, he would have stuck around. Blown opportunity.

 

[DapperDan]

If you would have given him some ear scritches, he would have stuck around. Blown opportunity.

I’ll be back tomorrow morning.

Dad said bring by a gun in case he’s around.


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[Bama67]

As I read the title and thought to myself "how does this guy not know what animal he's looking at?"
Then I looked at the pics and was like "wtf is that?"
then the critter attacked your Pa.
then escaped.
All in all, very entertaining thread.

 

[sierracharlie338]

Somehow missed this thread until now. Been quite the saga. In to see a completion of hopefully more than he just vanished lol!

 

[bigbassfish]

My dad and his buddies trapped a raccoon and spray painted it pink, then took it and released it.

Why? I think that, like many of us, their sense of humor developed to pre-teen levels and stopped. My follow-up question was, "Why did you have pink spray paint?"

Case in point, I knew of a guy in high school that would trap squirrels and spray paint them all kinds of wild colors, and then release them into the middle of the city park lol.

 

[Xnoheros]

I was reading through this thread hoping to high hell there was a conclusion… only to be left hanging. Great story, fingers crossed for a happy ending; either a graphic kinkajoua shootout video, or a happy zoo release