Kinkajou home invasion FL

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Of all places. Miami Florida... Figures.
There's all kinds of exotic pets down there.

Basically, a pet kinkajou escaped and got into a home resulting in an elderly lady being frightened. Close encounters of the Fur-kind... A picture of the culprit, named "Banana" is featured in the link. Of all animals to engage in a home invasion, it just had to be the one with Kink in it... As if things weren't bizarre enough already. Banana was fortunate as she did not encounter any cats or dogs during her time of exploration. Despite it's defensive capabilities, things could have ended very badly for her had the circumstances been different. The escaped kinkajou was eventually captured unharmed and reunited with the owner.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/27/living/exotic-animal-found-on-woman-kinkajou-miami-dade-irpt/index.html

Poor babies. Both the lady, and the animal.

When I was in grade school my aspie special interest was animals, and I devored all and any books about animals.

And I actually knew what a "kinkajou" is (a central American relative of the raccoon that has evolved into something monkeylike) But I havent thought about kinkajous much since I was nine years old decades ago unitl now.

Farther north in Mexico they have coatimundies which are more raccoonlike. In fact coaties are basically a short haired version of the raccoon, and they make an identical squealing sound to the sound made by raccoons in our neighborhood back when we had a raccoon infestation.Mexican country folk do sometimes keep coatis as pets.

In the 1920s there was a fad dance in the USA called "the kinkajou" (Competed with the Charleston et al).

Kinky!
These animals have incredibly long tongues and can be found in your local zoo.
Is it pronounced Kink(ajew) or Kink(achoo)?

Wanna kinkajou.

I too really want one, but my subconscious mind says the responsibility, the expense, the burden, and the fact it's a wild animal half monkey half raccoon can't be good to have in your home.