What In the World Is a Kinkajou?

[rabbit605]

If it "feeds almost exclusively on fruit", why is it considered a carnivore?

[axorozzas]

@rabbit605

Yes carnivore does mean meat-eater, but it is a carnivore by classification.i.e. how it is related to other mammals. You hear the narrator say it is a member of the "Carnivore order" . An order is a stage of classification. Being in the carnivore order means it is related to raccoons, bears, dogs, cats, mongooses etc. Basically it is a carnivore in the same way that a monkey is a primate.

Look up "five stage classification" if you want more information on this.

[lastsaracen]

A Kinkajou, what's is that? I thought it was Civet at first but then we have what we have, a Kinkajou. who names and classifies these creatures, lol!

[xman2008]

"Promoting the well-being of its ecosystem through its own gluttony." Humanity, take note...

[xman2008]

I played with a baby one of these and it almost gnawed my hand off! All I can say is, it's adorable as a baby and it has a huge tongue!

[wetsealforlife606]

Awwww!

[Trickeryxx]

Robotpanda77@ What do you mean? Here's some info about their name:

- It is spelled Kinkajou, not Kinkajew.

- They are in the family Procyonida

- Their scientific name is Potos flavus

- They are also called 'Nightwalkers' and 'Honey Bears'.

[Trickeryxx]

- Yes, we all do understand they look like a monkey or a ferret. But they aren't.

- Despite being carnivores, Kinkajous' main diet is fruit.

- They eat frogs, insects, & fruit.

- They are also called 'Nightwalkers', because they are nocturnal.

- They have another nick-name, 'Honey Bears', shared with the Sun Bear.

- It is Kinkajou, not Kinkajew

- They can live up to 40 years, but the average is 25.

- Humans are hunting them for their fur to make horse saddles & wallets.

- They are arboreal.

[LengthyKinkajou]

The only reason why I searched this video is because it's my gamertag and I didn't know what the hell a kinkajou was lol.

[TheSkyIsTheLimit98]

omg! I was like whoa when i saw it.....it looks a like a lemur mixed with a monkey, dog, cat, sugar glider and possum!! thumbs up if you agree with me

[Amraself]

silly carnivore eating fruit (=

[ogleRpets]

To those who are interested in getting one as a pet, I strongly recommend a USDA licensed breeder. I have videos of my little girl on my page. And yes they can get aggressive with age if they are not fixed and handled often. If you get a good breeder they will give you all the pros and cons of owning one. They are curious and it is a lot like having a constant 2 year old for the 20+ years that they live.

[ksionc100]

yes they are available as pets but they shit everywhere and get aggresive with age

[robotpanda77]

Come on, what is it really called?

[ryviuz]

perhaps Kinkajou can evolve in a similar way with Primate?

perhaps into another sentient species? (convergent evolution)

[zigmaster12]

i need to learn this for school and this helped alot

[purechess]

i tot it was bearcat o.O

[75LEONidAs75]

Please, never buy a kinka :(. I know theyre cute but think twice ;).They need their natural, complicated habitat as it's d environment in d jungle. If U find 1, d most likely's injured, ill... Dont pet it :(. Just look 4 an appropiated rescue center that've big clean enclosures, expert vets & rehabilitate their wild animals 2 release'em 2 d wild again ;). 1 example's d costa rican Kids Saving the Rainforest's wildlife rescue & rehabilitation center in San Antonio ;).

Thank U & b blessed ;).

[junkelist]

I searched for jonlajoi and the spelling alternative on the I phone is this haha

[swordebrithil12]

@junkelist LOL i remember i wuz lookin for "brisingr" and it gave crazy rezults!!

[thehobbit2CR]

I was watching one of these wild on our land (in Costa Rica) last night. :-) first time I had seen one that well! It was afraid of the lights I think, (who wouldn't be in the night if you suddenly get a pair of H7 LED Lensers shone in your face. :-)

[VJSco]

cat mixed with monkey

[katana489]

a "Kinkajou".:)

[metalmilitiaman8]

a kinkyjew?

[madrazel]

@metalmilitiaman8 - this ugly creature should be exterminated because it's name is offensive to Jews.

[hitstick567]

@madrazel Think about what squirrels and birds want to do to us! We tear down their freaking trees to make a freaking shopping mall. Your comment has to be one of the most ignorant. They were here millions of years before us and deserve equal of more respect. So. shut the hell up

[RutheeJ425]

@metalmilitiaman8 No, that's me...

[wetsealforlife606]

@metalmilitiaman8 lmao

[getmyhappy]

Pikachu!!!

[darkcaster09]

@getmyhappy lol some one named their kinkajou pikachu.

[panda374]

@darkcaster09 pikachu is a mouse pokemon not a kinkajou.

[Bowserboyproductions]

@getmyhappy pikachu is a rat/mouse

[cchshockey4]

i got to play with one of these the other day! but since they're nocturnal, she was pretty sleepy

[oOoBadioOo]

YODA :O

[AdrianvonZiegler]

interesting animal, but whats with that disco-bar-lounge-music in the background? I'd rather put some drums and flutes there...

[cnsparrot]

More like Jazz-bar-lounge-music

[Jlife13300]

More like porno-music.

[BethElaineSmith]

I was going to comment that it sounded like music from a 1970's porn movie!

[nighthunter135]

this video is wrong you see that the kinkajou is eating fruits AND insects therefore its an omnivore

[Fyraxis]

He didn't say it was an herbivore. He said it mostly feeds on fruits and stuff.

[nighthunter135]

0:26 he says its part of the carnivore order....

[Fyraxis]

That doesn't mean it's a carnivore though. Just a classification of the species. I dunno who came up with that crap but that's how they classify animals, lol. Don't make no darn sense.

[brokenarrow2222]

Stupid banners and stupid commercials.

[twistedmahogany]

The demand for exotic pets just removes them from wild populations and wild behaviours (even if they are "bred in captivity" - where do you think they originally came from?) I think keepers of exotic and non domestic animals as pets are deluded - calling themselves animal lovers. Animal welfare does not equate animal "keeping" (you may love them - but is that one of their NEEDS?)

[kovam1812]

k than why do we have any pets at all?

cus......... technically speaching werent all pets wild at one point?

idk i dont have a problem with this at all and as long as they arent taking all of them from the wild, y should this matter.

[twistedmahogany]

Good point - but you're a few millenia too late. Cats have been domesticated about 8000 and dogs about 15000 years. They are removed from their ecological niche. "Exotic pets" ARE being removed from wild populations - what's more they are mostly smuggled in inhumane ways. I rest my case.

Bottom line is we DON'T really need pets but they can both enrich our lives OR be a liability - humans have to acknowledge responsibility for them and see the implications of that all too easily.

[AshleysExotics]

I love Kinkajous, they really do make great pets.

I have two pet monkeys...Cotton Top Tamarins actually.

You should check out some of there videos on my page.

Thanks

=D

[Miikaika25]

cute!

[Orangman32]

Kinkajou as awsome.

[Reckanin]

I am in your rain forest, dispersing your seeds.

[thebuffmuffinn]

tree huggers, i could be a millionare if it wasnt for you fags.

[Reckanin]

Your misery makes me happy. :)

[thebuffmuffinn]

my dad almost had a job in cali in a huge mine with a crapload of expensive minerals but you fags had to shut it down. you wont let us take out the dead plants in cali so the wildfire stops either. you guys just get up there and complain and its getting old.

[Scythemantis]

Your dad's job isn't worth changing a habitat to the point that it won't re-establish for decades. It's called SCIENCE, retard. Go bawl like a spoiled baby to your conservative heroes, or something.

[crateos]

canopy in tamil means 'stupid poo'

[crilltor]

it dose that's disgusting where are you from iv never heard of the language Tamil before

[crateos]

it was just a random comment. I didnt even watch the video fully. Tamil is a language spoken predominantly in a state called 'Tamil Nadu' in the country India which is a south Asian country.

[ToeKnee0126]

Tamil: n.

1. a member of a people inhabiting parts of southern india.

2. the Dravidian language of the Tamils.

[NinjaNekoRox]

I always said the word Kinkajou but I never knew what it was and now I know!!!! :-D

[coyote374]

fossa haev a perhensile tail too and are also predator.

[Retrieverman1]

No, they don't. Fossa have long, normal tails. Prehensile tails actually have a grip on them.

[PeekaPeep]

One of the world's most useful animals indeed. And they do make good pets too (if treated well, of course)...

>;-)

[Animallover221]

there is a meerkat named kinkajou xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD­DDD i thought they made up that name awsome video 5 stars

[eziik]

I love my pet kinkajou. They make great pets!

[wwwpwndcom]

kinky jew

[Retrieverman1]

The Kinkajou and Binturong (Bear Cat) are the only carnivores with prehensile tails.

[HalfCastChileno]

bear cat is mo scary tho this thing is cute

[tith777]

beutiful

[animallover152]

they are so beautiful!

[dudet3493]

looks like my dog! its sooooooo cute though

[BoomItsElz]

I'm doing my ecology report on the kinkajou, xD this was a great start

[honors619]

pikachu xD

[ikababy95]

lol paris hilton got bit by one of these kinkajous lol

[Hiltoninchains]

Made me want to get one and train it 2 bite her lol

[pillbinge]

It looks like a mini bear, without the tail

[tobiasfangor25]

dude one of the funniest moments in tv history is stuntman/comedian/musician Chris Pontius making out with a kinkajou!!!! season 1 wildboyz, so freakin' funny!!!!

[bluetroll923]

the kinkajou is my favorite animal ever!! I LOVE kinkajous! SOOOOO CUUUTE!!!

[jantheempress]

I havn't seen a Kinkajou in years! cool!

[TTTFenceTTTTTTTTTTT]

im a raptor RAAAAAAAAAAARGH

[desolitmynd]

this is a cool animal

[superpiggieninja0o0]

I did an essay on a kinkajou! They're really cute! ^.^

[MACIUSELFIERA]

mierda

[Zuxtron]

Kinkajous rule as much as platypuses!

[lilone890]

I love Platypuses!.....XD

[psychotictweek1]

I got one of these at the museum i work at theyre really kool animals but the things sleeps all day! lol

[lisalovesthekillers]

lol good 1

[SusuTardie]

Agreed westphalianprinz! Way to go nature! Afforestation for2win!

[Katlebz]

Aint racist if it's true...

[vampirelady69]

It's so damn cute! No wonder Paris bought one, but lol, Cali law prohibits certain exotic animals. Paris' kinkajou was one of them, LOL!

[SusuTardie]

Wow, look at it spitting the seeds everywhere! Littering! Hehe!

[westphalianprinz]

How do you think the rain forest gets planted?

[Idonthinkso7331]

Thought he said Kinky Jew first :P

That animal looked somewhat like a bat mixed with a cat.

[BlacklitFloater]

yeah it looks kids of like a cat monkey of something.

[ThompsonSeedless]

They should do a show about Tanuki's

[westphalianprinz]

You mean a raccoon dog?

Absolutely. They are really interesting in their biology.

[vuvu88]

looks like a cat mixed with a monkey

[Mohasad3]

hard to image that they live very high in the forest canopy. they live over 100 feet off the ground.

[Mohasad3]

the kinkajous belong to the racoon family. they live in central america, southern mexico and amazon basin. well now u know.

[brianlionx1]

it sounds like pickachu maybe got it from kinjajou...o_o

[FilAsians]

It Is So Cute And Fuzzy!! aww!!

[i1killed2god3]

kinky! lol

[thatlittlegirl11]

thanks! you helped me out with a project!

[blahtsk]

What is up with the porn music in the background though?

[theonemusician]

its so cute and fuzzy lol

[killaboy9900]

your just like my friend..she thinks turtle are cute and fuzzy lol lol

[theonemusician]

nice ---thx for replying---u cant deny that is is cute and fuzzy--haha lol

[SteavIrwanLover4ever]

well i dont want to mess up my rep on youtube but it is preety cute....tell no one i said that...lol

[theonemusician]

u got it--same here lol haha

[Raze1308]

O.o

[explodingplant]

the kinkajou is a follower of the hebrew faith that in particular has strange or severe sexual fetishes

[Tareltonlives]

IT'S FREAKING JOEY THE LEMUR! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Poor Joel and the MST3k crew got the poor procyonid totally wrong.

[r0b0t805]

lmao

[Livingsteno]

-poot

[universecosmos]

gooooood

[taken1soul]

kinkajou use thunderbolt!!!

[Zonafia]

it's a carnivore but it eats fruit?...

[testarossa123]

It said unlike its carnivorous cousins.

[fjsadklsdfj]

I AGREE MIDKNIGHTWORLD....

[MidknightWorld]

I see a few comment on this video saying things like "I Want One" It's people like you that are putting animals in danger of extinction. Really what makes you think that cause they are animals you can just have them as pets and snatch them from the wild? You should be ashamed of yourselfs. You would be angry if some animal can and took your baby as a pet won't you? Well it's the same thing. Sorry just had to say this as this type of thing makes me very angry.

[louise809]

hahaha... you're mad! It's a little naive of you to believe that animals are being put in danger of extinction because people keep taking them home... when was the last time you saw a Kinkajou at a friend's house? ... Try lobbying against deforestation and leave people's trivial comments alone... nutter! lol

[MidknightWorld]

Your the nutter! I was useing this as a platform (exsample) for all other animals. And also why can't you just simply come on here and leave your comment without putting people down like saying nutter or i'm mad. If you would have just put your comment without all that i would have welcomed it.

[sagerockone]

I Want two!

[testarossa123]

Ask Paris Hilton to help you out with that, lol.

[TechieSkater]

i did a report on these once, i want one

[stabXhappy]

About 8 years ago when I was in the 4th grade I did a report on the kinkajou. I love them! :]

[T609]

They are so freekin cool! my fav animal! i love em so much! I WANT A KINKAJOU... lol kinky jew

[jirdimaster]

Aw they were made with they're own little job.

[MeerKatFans]

Just like Kinkajou on "Meerkat Manor"

lol

[MooseTank]

ITS A MAN I TELL YA!!!!

[RainMan34]

Fantastic! I didn't realize Kinkajou's were so useful in the forest.

[dmsst]

wow

 interesting

[livanletliv]

kinkajou  intelligent alien life form from planet marmot

[mrdead53]

ok,who the f was on my name i did not post that comment

[navisirus]

cool animal and a cool song if i do say so myself

[HatedCreature]

A JEW!!!! LMFAO

[budderz]

Kinks are amazing! they are sometimes kept as pets.. but they take a special kind of owner.

[ridingpuredreamz]

Neat animal.

[laurajackson18]

wow LOL

[BrownBeef]

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[johnlanou]

The music in this video should make Nantional Geographic ashamed of themselves. It ruins the integrity of the shoot. If you have to go commercial, at least use something tasteful, something that doesn't make a mockery of nature.

[hobit990]

hahah suck

[babiarmy]

cute

[grannus]

i saw one at the petshop hiihoo he was so cute

[andowlovesana]

and now you know

[0BatGirl0]

Wait, it's part of the carnivore order but it's a herbivore? WTFBBQ?

It looks like a cat croosed with a bat.

[39rc6cf]

Interesting indeed.

[phootie]

where can i buy one?

[IvanSorath]

damn,kinka jew lol

[grboglavi]

kinky jew ! LOL

[nawthing]

That just cracked me up LOL. I thought the same thing (and yes I'm Jewish).

[murdocalbarnniccals]

JEWS UNITE

[MokomaSusi]

Those are jews?

[murdocalbarnniccals]

there kinky jews

[vic12391086]

PIKACHU!!!! MY HERO

[savagecat45]

dad: "why didn't you just tell me earlier??"

shawn: "dad, it's not fun unless you can say the word kinkajou."

psych.

[sickel613]

Did anyone happen to see the latest episode of the show Psych?  Cause this is kinda a coincidence. He kept saying Kinkajou. It was funny and now i know what it is...

[soraiyame]

it didnt say anything about what MEAT it actually eats... how can it be a carnivore if it only eats fruit?

[guupz]

It is in the order carnivore but it technically isn't a carnivore(it doesn't eat meat).It all goes back to all the animals in that order being related to a common ancestor.

[pickles367]

No, he said Pikachu!

[SaucyJade]

My feet can also rotate 180 degrees.

[Divine85nc]

Die scum

[Divine85nc]

LMAO

*dies*

[livanletliv]

Can a blind person get a "guide kinkajou"?

[shaguree]

lmao!

[livanletliv]

kinkajou jackets...latest fashion craze

[kaiserzosa]

Must be tasty with all that nectar in it, mmmmmm.

[DirkDigg1er]

Cute?!? You know damn well you'd squeal if you saw that thing hanging off a branch covered in poo

[pandapotamus]

lmao poo

[KingZolem]

Cute!

[perfectlyflawedx]

wasnt that on Steve Irwin's show. looks familiar they are so cute.

[Sati1979]

That is one seriously cute animal.

[Illusionx345]

kinkajou=pikachu

[lildancinbaby527]

aw! it'z cute!

[ImComcastic]

thats one cool animal!

[Analbumcoverr]

it spends most of its life in trees : LOOKING FOR QUARTERS YA KINKY JEW

[Analbumcoverr]

the kinky jew?

[CarOnPhAm]

LOL, when i first saw the name, i thought of Kinky Jew too xD..great minds think alike.

[myface444]

lol cat minkey

[TinytheWalrus]

SO CUTE!!!