Cats and Cotias Don't put anything here Page Content Page Name (for URL) Page Title Breadcrumb Text <~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2004-12-30-a-santana/20041230_011_2979 2004-12-30-a-santana/20041230_014_8014 2004-12-30-a-santana/20041230_010_1817 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2004-12-30-a-santana/20041230_022_1808 2004-12-30-a-santana/20041230_024_7675 2004-12-30-a-santana/20041230_029_2261 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> My mom read in Russia that Rio de Janeiro is "a city of stray cats." We made fun of the clueless author, having hardly seen a single stray cat in the city, until we came upon a downtown park Campo de Santana. The park was *packed* with stray cats. It was also inhabited by strange creatures that I have never heard of before, which looked like a strange cat-size cross between rats, squirrels and kangaroos. We heard several suggestions about what the animal might be called in Portuguese and verified them via Google Images, until we finally hit the jackpot with "cotia." From there, we discovered that the English name for the creature is "agouti." They live in Brazil and the Guineas. Honolulu Zoo website has more [information](http://www.honoluluzoo.org/agouti.htm). Don't put anything here Advanced Fields Category 2002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014E. AsiaE. EuropeL's FamilyL's FriendsN. AmericaN. EuropeS. AmericaS. AsiaW. EuropeY & LY's FamilyY's Friends Prototype Redirect Permissions0 Actions Config Markup Module HTML/Meta/Keywords HTML/Meta/Description Save Hook HTML Fields Main Head Body Header Menu Logo Content Template Page Sidebar Footer Tags Allowed for XSSFilter HTTP Fields Cache-Control Expires Guru Fields Templates Translations Fields Edit UI Admin Edit UI A summary of your changes Don't put anything here Edit Summary Don't put anything here Don't put anything here Don't put anything here save preview cancel
