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Hunters sometimes see Japanese snow monkeys in the South Texas brush because some apparently escaped from a research facility. They tend to scare the bejeezus out of people because they're so unexpected and odd looking. Also, I've heard that lemurs are spotted outside of Austin, but no one is sure where they came from.
So there's no telling what you're seeing out there.
I stumbled here via Google....I just chased something out of my yard that sounds like this animal. I'm in CT. I have seen lots of foxes but this thing didn't look like one. It was bigger than normal, an ugly gray color, and had a long skinny tail that stood straight up. This was in broad daylight. I would have grabbed the camera but my little dog was in the yard and I had to go grab her and bring her in. I've never seen anything like that.
These days you can't eliminate any animal. We've got a mountain lion in the woods behind our home. Ask the Wildlife Department and they'll tell you there aren't any around here. But I know what a mountain lion looks like, especially when I saw it so close up.
People bring home exotic pets and then realize they aren't domestic pets for a reason. Because they're exotics they can't turn them into shelters and few exotic rescues exist. So since it's no longer cool and they can't be bothered, they just open the door and usher them out, leaving them to now fend for themselves.
There are also escapes from zoos and research facilities on a regular basis. It happens. Of course no one wants to talk about it, so you'll never have any idea what could be roaming the woods behind your home.
There's no telling what either of you saw. It's very interesting though and I keep popping back in hoping someone will come up with a photo that you say 'yes, that's it' to!
I live in De also and I see an animal that looks like what you are describing all the time. It is larger than a house cat( legs a little longer), raised rounded ears, long tail that stands and curls upward a bit, and one of them had a slightly ringed tail. Looks alot like a monkey! or at least one mixed with a fox and a raccoon! I've seen them here and there around where I live for the last 8 years or so. First spotted one in a tree. I last saw one on Christmas eve. My kids put out some kind of deer food they made at school for rudulph. I heard a noise at night, look out and there he was! I have been searching for a long time to find out what this animal is. My mom grew up here and says there use to be a few privately owned zoos in the area. (she has seen it also)
Maybe it's a Ringtail? Which looks like a cross between a raccoon and a monkey...walks with its tail up in the air..
Ring-tailed Cat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "The ringtail is found in California, Colorado, Oklahoma, Oregon, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Texas, Utah and throughout northern and central Mexico. Its distribution overlaps that of B. sumichrasti in the Mexican states of Guerrero, Oaxaca and Veracruz.[2] It is found in rocky, desert habitat, where it nests in the hollows of trees or abandoned wooden structures. The ringtail is the state mammal of Arizona. It is also found in the Great Basin Desert. The Great Basin desert covers most of Nevada and over half of Utah, as well as parts of California, Idaho, and Oregon."
No, thats not it. The tail is very slightly ringed only noticable when close up(One came right up to my front step). I should of taken a pic but I just couldn't stop looking at it! I'm gona keep searching to find out what it is!
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Maybe it's a Ringtail? Which looks like a cross between a raccoon and a monkey...walks with its tail up in the air..
Ring-tailed Cat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "The ringtail is found in California, Colorado, Oklahoma, Oregon, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Texas, Utah and throughout northern and central Mexico. Its distribution overlaps that of B. sumichrasti in the Mexican states of Guerrero, Oaxaca and Veracruz.[2] It is found in rocky, desert habitat, where it nests in the hollows of trees or abandoned wooden structures. The ringtail is the state mammal of Arizona. It is also found in the Great Basin Desert. The Great Basin desert covers most of Nevada and over half of Utah, as well as parts of California, Idaho, and Oregon."
LOL. I've been thinking the same thing! Haha! *ponders a vacation in the NE*
LOL...some go in search of Loch Ness, some go in search of Yeti, some go in search of Big Foot. We? We go in search of_______.
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I wanna know what it is! Snap a pic someone, PLEASE!
