Coati Made Santa's Naughty List in 2023 at Zoo

I know it's late for something Christmas-related...but it's been a year since my last post.

But I feel like those who follow this blog and who love the coatimundi won't mind something that affirms what everyone who knows about coatis would at least smile at.

In December of 2023, the Drusillas Zoo in East Sussex compiled a naughty and nice list of some of the animals who call the zoo home.

Among them...and really to no one's surprise...a coati named Chop made the list...

And even less of a surprise?

Chop was on the Naughty List.

"Chop the coati: Chop snatches away all the tastiest treats for himself and doesn’t leave his little family a chance to get a look in on the goods."

I'd honestly be surprised if a coati ever made the Nice List...

Even the nicest ones always seem to be in goblin mode.

December 2024 will be here before you realize it.

Might be kinda fun to see if they do this again and if Chop can keep his crown for two consecutive years.

Tap/Click HERE to see the other animals that made both lists last year.




(Photo from the Drusillas Zoo)

Coatis Trapped in U-Haul Rescued

It's June in Cambridge, Massachusetts and someone is hearing noises coming from the inside of a U-Haul.
Upon closer examination?
They could hear birds sqwaking and chirping, but also something else.
Not long after making the call about the U-Haul, members of the environmental division of the local police as well as the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA) arrived on the scene to force open the trailer.
What they found was typical of these types of heartbreaking animal rescue stories, particulary exotic animal rescues...
Locked inside the U-Haul were several birds, rats, chinchillas...
And four brown-nosed coatimundi.
All of the animal were housed in dirty cages.
The MSPCA put up all the other animals for hopeful adoption while the group tries to find an animal sanctuary or zoo that can take in the coatis.

I'll be calling the MSPCA to find out the situation with the coatis and update this story as soon as I can.

Link to the original story here.
Here's a video of one of the rescued coati.

The most adorable heist ever!

A small troupe of coatis pull off the most adorable heist ever in someone's villa at the Banyan Tree Resort in Acapulco.