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Florida Man Attacked by Kinkajou

Incident Date:
07/24/2019
Location:
Lake Worth, FL - USA
Facility Name:
Private Residence
Facility Type:
Exotic Pet (E)
Incident Category:
Escape/Attack resulting in human injury (HI)
Species:
Other
Animal:
Kinkajou
Animal disposition:
Recaptured

Summary:

A Florida man will likely think twice about feeding wild animals after he was recently attacked by a raccoon-like rainforest creature who came charging at him after being fed the night prior.

Late last month, the man was leaving his girlfriend’s Lake Worth Beach apartment in the morning when a kinkajou, which are typically found in forests in Central and South America, came barging into the second-story residence and attacked him. The four-legged rainforest creature — which resembles a monkey, but is related to raccoons — had been waiting outside the door all night hoping to get more food after the man and some neighbors fed it watermelon the day prior, according to the outlet.

The man only suffered non-life-threatening injuries from the encounter with the furry animal, including a bite to the foot and scratches on the back of his leg.

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