Kinkajou Crossing*
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Kinkajou Crossing
Peer up into the branches to spot our nocturnal, honey-loving rainforest dwellers climbing with their amazing prehensile tails. Kinkajou Crossing is home to our highly active, tree-dwelling kinkajous. Kids love watching these cute, big-eyed creatures explore their climbing branches and interact with their favorite enrichment toys. Native to the high canopies of Central and South American tropical rainforests, kinkajous are rarely seen on the forest floor. They feed on a sweet, high-energy diet of wild fruits, flower nectar, and honey. Although they are solitary travelers in the wild, their population density can be surprisingly dense in areas with abundant fruit-bearing trees, which we mimic by providing a heavily branched, single-family habitat filled with hidden treats.
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Fun Fact: Kinkajous are also called “honey bears” because they love raid bee hives, using their incredibly long, 5-inch tongues to scoop sweet honey directly out of the nests!
Gatorama Explorer Question: Look at the kinkajou’s tail. Can you see how they wrap it around branches like a fifth hand to help them climb upside down?
