Camp friend: Common Genet

It can't balance!

We always try to have a stash of bananas at our tent. We typically hang them from a rope on our porch and they typically sit nicely there without a worry. But in the last few weeks we noticed that some of our bananas were nibbled and sometimes they had been thrown off the line entirely and completely destroyed on the ground. We suspected a genet but wanted to confirm so we even entertained the idea of putting camera traps on our porch.

We didn't have to use such technology as one night we were on our porch silently reading. Suddenly, and very quietly, a Common Genet popped up on our veranda. We watched it as it becaming increasingly frustrated trying to stand and reach the bananas and then trying to walk on the rope. It couldn't gain access to the bananas and carried on for about 15 minutes. It even glanced at us and acknowledged our presence though we didn't move. It appeared completely unbothered by our presence.

Eventually it gave up but not before providing us with some great entertainment. We've since moved our bananas into a box since as much as we love genet entertainment; we love our bananas more!

Trying to scope a good spot to grab.