Joseph Rosenberg wrote, in part: "Erasmus Von Schtup, got tired of
having his porto thingamabob all stained up from da port, so he got one
of dese gekko tings who got in da deecanter and licked it clean,"

Many years ago I had a pet kinkajou. Kinkajous are a tropical member of
the raccoon family, but resemble a monkey in many ways and have a long
prehensile tail. Some people call them honey bears, and they are very
fond of sweets. They have a very long and narrow tongue with which they
can reach in holes to lick out honey and such. To show visitors the
animal's tongue, I kept a half bottle of Creme de Banana. Kinkajous love
bananas. I would turn the bottle to wet the top, inside portion of it.
The kinkajou would run his long tongue 4 or 5 inches down the neck of
the bottle and lick it clean as far as he could reach. This always
amazed guests. He only got a very tiny taste. I do not think I would
want to be around a drunk kinkajou. Much as a dog, he liked to sniff
things. He usually would sniff guest's shoes. Once when I had two men
who were brothers visiting, the kinkajou stood up on his hind feet and
sniffed the crotch of one. The other one exploded in laughter and asked
his brother how long it had been since he had a bath. Unfortunately a
kinkajou does not have a tongue long enough to reach the bottom of most
decanters. It might be able to for a squat ship's decanter. Perhaps an
anteater would have a longer reach if you put a few ants in the bottom
of the decanter.

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