We take a look at the diet of honey bears, also known as a Kinkajou <\/p>
Yes, sometimes. Or at least we think so. Despite their name, and their voracious appetite for it in captivity, honey does not seem to form a large part of a honey bear\u2019s diet in the wild, and in fact, direct observations of honey-eating or beehive-raiding are hard to find.<\/p>\n
It is, however, reported that honey has been found in their stomach contents, and one function of their long, slender tongue is widely believed to be to help them reach inside bees\u2019 nests.<\/p>\n
Honey bears are actually primarily frugivorous (fruit-eating), with as much as 90 per cent of their diet consisting of ripe fruits, with leaves, flowers, and insect larvae making up the rest.<\/p>\n
Their favourite food appears to be figs, but perhaps fig bear wasn\u2019t catchy enough!<\/p>\n
Of course, they are not really bears either, but a type of rainforest mammal in the Procyonidae family, along with coatis<\/a><\/strong> and racoons. So, neither bears nor honeyeaters, these curious creatures prove that names cannot always be trusted<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n