{"id":157658,"date":"2025-09-15T04:48:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T04:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/157658\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T04:48:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T04:48:09","slug":"video-coati-mothers-babies-scurry-across-road-in-arizona-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/157658\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Coati mothers, babies scurry across road in Arizona park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\" data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_1_url\" class=\"video-link\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/eknnfwr1sbto5tg9.jpg\" alt=\"A troupe of coatis, which are cousins of raccoons, were spotted along a road in Chiricahua National Monument in Arizona.\" width=\"992\" height=\"558\"\/><\/a>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\">A troupe of coatis, which are cousins of raccoons, were spotted along a road in Chiricahua National Monument in Arizona.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">WILCOX, Ariz. \u2013 A merry troupe of coatis moms and babies were spotted along a road in Chiricahua National Monument in <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/arizona\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Arizona<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Cousins of raccoons, the playful coatis gathered and excitedly squeaked with their tails shooting straight up like puppet strings.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The furry critters then dispersed, scurrying off to the other side of the road and disappearing into the shrub.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/coatis-ezgif.com-video-to-gif-converter.gif\" alt=\"The band of coati cross the road.\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">The band of coatis crosses the road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"> (A. Rossman \/ NPS \/ FOX Weather)<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Coatis are always on the move as they forage for their feast, according to the <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/national-parks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">National Park Service<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/animals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">animals<\/a> use their long snouts and flexible noses to dig and root out insects, snakes and lizards, and they use their climbing skills to reach tasty berries, nuts and birds\u2019 eggs.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Female coatis and their young typically live in bands, and they are joined by males during mating season, the NPS said.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/coati-fort-bowie-e1757786606805.jpeg\" alt=\"FILE: Coati.\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">FILE: Coati.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"> (A. Rossman \/ NPS \/ FOX Weather)<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">These gatherings at Chiricahua National Monument often occur on roads, so the NPS advises park visitors to please drive carefully and to follow speed limits.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/how-to-watch-fox-weather-on-tv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HOW TO WATCH FOX WEATHER<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Chiricahua National Monument is located in the southeastern corner of Arizona, which is along the northernmost region of the coati range. That range extends as far south as <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/south-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Peru<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A troupe of coatis, which are cousins of raccoons, were spotted along a road in Chiricahua National Monument&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":157659,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[79,201],"class_list":{"0":"post-157658","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-science","9":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}