Herdin' Coatimundis

In yesterday's post, I joked about standing by the road with a Dos Equis to attract some coatimundis.  While I was browsing a shop along the road yesterday, Craig called out -- Becky, get over here fast! 

Bored with the whole idea of shopping, he'd sat down on the curb.  Look what came up to him!

Then there were five.

And then a herd came galloping towards us. The attack of the coatis!

Finally we saw the shopkeeper with his bag of torn tortillas.  He said 45 coatimundis to be exact!

It was feeding time at the zoo!

You got something for me?

Take a picture!  It lasts longer!

And as quickly as they showed up, they began slinking back into the jungle.

Here's the quote explanation from Wikipedia of what coatis are:

Coatis, genera Nasua and Nasuella, also known as Brazilian aardvarks,^[1] Mexican tejón, hog-nosed coons,^[2] pizotes, Panamanian gatosolos, crackoons and snookum bears, are members of the raccoon family (Procyonidae). They are diurnal mammals native to South America, Central America, and south-western North America. The word "coatimundi" ( /koʊˌɑːtɨˈmʌndi/) is a commonly used misnomer applied to solitary adult males of N. nasua.^{[citation needed]} The term is reported to be derived from the Tupi language (Brazil).<sup>[3]

Personally, I like the term snookum bears.  Ha!</sup>