A kinka-who?
A man in Florida was reportedly attacked by a kinkajou — a furry mammal that’s native to South and Central America.
The ferocious animal — a relative of the raccoon — attacked Mike Litersky, 37, outside of his girlfriend Gillian Hicks’ second-floor Lake Worth Beach apartment last month, according to The Palm Beach Post.
Litersky and Hicks had noticed the creature the night before the attack and fed it watermelon.
About 5:30 a.m. the next morning when Litersky stepped outside, the kinkajou chomped on his ankle and slashed his calf.
“It was not a nice kinkajou, it was super aggressive,” Hicks told the paper.
“It made a beeline for the door. It guess it just hung out there all night long.”
An injured Litersky chased the animal with a frying pan into the bathroom, where it remained until authorities arrived.
“We could hear the toilet bowl lid open and shut,” Hicks said. “It was so crazy.”
A Florida Fish and Wildlife spokesman told the paper that kinkajous have sharp teeth and are known to be aggressive.
The animal was taken to a Florida Fish and Wildlife facility where it was monitored for signs of rabies, the paper said. It’s unclear if the results were positive.
Meanwhile, Litersky had his wounds treated at a nearby urgent-care center.
“I don’t think I will ever give an unknown animal fruit again in my life,” Hicks joked.



