Kinkajou! Everyone’s Favorite Potos Flavus
While attending a fair in Santa Ana, El Salvador I got to meet a Kinkajou. The cutest little animal ever created.
Kinkajou care sheet says:
Kinkajous are generally quiet and docile, and they have no noticeable odor. Because they are slow and languid, especially just after being wakened from a nap, they do not particularly like quick sudden movements. As a rule, Kinkajous are gentle and nonaggressive most of the time, although they can get wound up and become quite playful, and like to “dive bomb” and pounce on you from high places!
Although primarily arboreal and nocturnal in their native habitat, they will play on the ground in captivity, and if you spend a lot of time playing and socializing with them during the day, they will sleep at night. However, be prepared for the fact that they may also want to play and explore much of the night, and a good sized cage with branches is usually the best night-time solution for them if you want to get any sleep!
Dive Bomb!? How awesome!
So now you know what a kinkajou is but they must cost a lot of money right? Well, I’ve been researching and looking around online for breeders and the cost is roughly $2-$3,000 to buy and transport a kinkajou. I think that’s a great price for such an awesome pet don’t you? I’m not going to get one now of course. However, one day when I have a family and a house and I settle down and stop living the gypsy life, I’m getting a kinkajou.
Here is a National Geographic video I found about kinkajou’s. I haven’t heard it yet because I’m currently sitting in Hawaii Public Radio helping take donations over the phone and they’re on the air but I’m pretty sure it’ll be a good description.
Here’s a video that I found on youtube of a baby kinkajou.
Pretty awesome eh?
