Closely related to racoons, the Coati Mundi is a curious, clever, and affectionate critter. These photos were taken last week at Germany's Darmstadt Zoo. Coatis use special postures to communicate like hiding their long nose between the front paws as a sign of submission or lowering the head, baring their teeth and hopping about to signal aggresion. Coincidentally, that's also how I start a fight.
Photo credits: Joachim Mueller
4 responses to “What’s a Coati?”
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if you watched Kratt’s creatures as a kid, you know what a koati is.
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these are adorable!
In German they are called Nasenbären (Nose Bears!) -
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yeah ! beautiful !
it’s my totem <3






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