WHAT THE HELL IS A KINKAJOU?
A kinkajou (pictured) is a fruit-loving rainforest mammal a yellowish-brown cat-sized critter that s sometimes called honeybear. (Aww . . . ) You can peruse the October issue of National Geographic and see for yourself, courtesy of the efforts of Albany s Ronald Kays. Kays, the curator of mammals at the New York State Museum, studied the unusual kinkajou in Panama s rainforest in the mid-1990s. He climbed into the rainforest canopy to study the weird little animals, which live like primates but are related to the raccoon and bear families. Kays hopes that his findings and the swell color photos of the kinks will help interest people in these mammals, and value the habitats they live in. National Geographic isn t sold on newsstands, but everyone knows someone with a subscription. COLD FUN IN THE WINTERTIME: Though Groundhog Day is months away, the folks putting together the second annual Fire & Ice Festival are getting ready for the post-Groundhog, Feb. 7, 2004 event. Lest you forget, t
