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The poor otter civet looks like it stuck its face into a wasp nest

Jennifer Sandlin
Nov 21, 2025
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By Stavenn - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link

Here’s an animal with a weird snout (my favorite kind of animal, of course) that you should know. Behold the “otter civet” (Cynogale bennettii), a silly ol’ creature that looks like it stuck its face into a wasp nest. (Side note: it’s not the civet that poops coffee beans—that’s an Asian palm civet.) Poor thing —…

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