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THE really wild SHOW

My guide hears something. For a heartbeat, he panics. In that electric moment, Jeffrey’s all mammal, engaging none of his rational brain. But then he realises there’s nothing to worry about; he hasn’t been attacked by the pack of coatis surrounding us — his anorak has just fallen from his backpack.

Animal attacks are exceptionally rare in Costa Rica and never likely to happen with coatis — racoon-like

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