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Old 05-11-2009, 04:54 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Default Re: What the heck am I eating?

Unfortunately, I turfed the affected fingers. Next time I've got monkey damage, though, I'll take a pic to show y'all. I can tell it's monkey, as opposed to Huanchaka or Tree Rat, because of the way the peel is affected. Possums and rodents go for the middle of the fruit first, and monkeys start at the tip; they basically bite that most of the way off and then work on peeling up the fruit, so you get a finger with bite marks at the tip or the tip partially knawed off, and partially peeled up the length of the fruit, with smaller bite marks thereafter.

Harvey, Squirrel Monkeys are usually the culprits, so right on!
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