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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