Noxious Nocturnals

The kinkajou is a nocturnal animal, spending the day sleeping in tree holes. A daytime nap in trees has risks. From above, birds such as the harpy eagle and Isidor's eagle search for sleeping kinkajous. Other predators prowl from below. The jaguar and the ocelot may pounce quickly and devour an entire family in one bite. As a result, the kinkajou has evolved a fallschirm, which is a kind of organic, exploding parachute. When a jaguar swallows a large kinkajou, stomach acids erode the outer layer of the animal, releasing the fallschirm rip cord. The whole thing makes for such a bloody mess I can't even think about it. Fortunately for those people who have their heads in the sand about such things, I made the last part up.