Word: kinkajou
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Sighting a kinkajou (tropical honey-bear) in a treetop rising above the water, Walsh gave the order to move in. The cayuco bumped gently against the treetop, and an ax-wielding Indian hoisted himself onto a branch to chop through the trunk. As the treetop toppled, he caught the kinkajou by the tail before it hit the water. Soon the little bear was safely ensconced in a cage in mid-canoe. A black-vested anteater was rescued next, followed by an opossum, two sloths and even a 6-ft.-long tree boa. Explains Walsh: "I don't apologize...
...captain's colleague, Mr. Green Jeans-played by Lumpy Brannum, onetime bass fiddler for Fred Waring-brings along a variety of live animals, explains their habits to the kids; lately he has turned up with a midget pony, a coati, a kinkajou, and a ten-week-old Himalayan sun bear. Another colleague, Cosmo ("Gus") Allegretti, inhabits the skin of the durable Dancing Bear, is also the prime mover behind other sympathetic creatures-Bunny Rabbit, Mr. Moose and the somnolent Grandfather Clock. Without prompting devices. Actor Keeshan, 32, meanders around the set using man-to-man language that can make...
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