I receved this in an email sorry I don't know who took the pictures to give them proper credit.
Take
a look at what shows up at a South Texas stock water tank in dry
weather. For those of you that have never hunted in South Texas ,
sometimes we post motion detector cameras at our feeders/tanks to see
what is going on.
Check out this sequence at a water tank. Watch till the end.
Cool Mt. Lion picture.
Great looking Bobcat.
And then...
Just so you can see the image larger...
It's a Coati (
Nasua narica)
Coati occupy habitats ranging from hot/arrid areas , grasslands and bush areas to the humid South American rainforests and even the cold slopes of the Andean Mountains. The geographical range of the Coati extends from the South Western United States -southern Arizona, Texas and New Mexico and through northern Argentina.
So, no big surprise but it does show the variety of wildlife that can be filmed using trail/game-cams. And if you want a better image of
Nasua narica:
Interestingly, the water tank individual appears not to have a tail in view -someone pointed out to me that the ears are not very pronounced, one thought they were missing. I think this is just due to angle. It just goes to show how knowledgable some hunters
aren't on local wildlife -but then, they are only interested in shooting it.
I am aware, from my years as a police forces wildlife consultant and running the Exotic Animals Register (EAR) that there are/were 10-12 coati that formed a colony in Cumbria, UK. That came as news to me from Police and wildlife rangers.
Get a trail-cam --you never know what you'll film!
