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Here’s how a South American honey bear made its way to Tacoma via a Yakima rest stop

A kinkajou found at a rest stop near Yakima is in quarantine at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma. Katie G. Cotterill Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium Kinkajous are exotic animals native to the ...
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A 'honey bear' was spotted in Washington state, 2000 miles north of its habitat

A wandering kinkajou, a small mammal that lives in the rainforests of Mexico and Central and South America, was spotted outside of Yakima, Washington. Dry and dusty, the East Selah Creek rest area ...
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Kinkajou found abandoned at a rest area is moved to a zoo

TACOMA, Wash. — A kinkajou discovered abandoned at a rest stop in central Washington is now being cared for at Tacoma's Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium. The young kinkajou, a nocturnal rainforest mammal ...
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Here’s how a South American honey bear made its way to Tacoma via a Yakima rest stop

Kinkajous are exotic animals native to the tropical rain forests of South and Central America. But this weekend, one such “honey bear” was captured at a Yakima rest stop and transported to its ...