99-year-old woman wakes up with rainforest animal on her chest

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Laura Vitto
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Waking up to a warm kitten napping on your chest: cute. Waking up to a warm rainforest animal napping on your chest: terrifying.

That horrifying scenario is what happened to a 99-year-old Miami woman, who awoke on Tuesday to the sight of a kinkajou resting on top of her, CBS Miami reports.

After the frightened animal fled to the woman's attic, the woman's daughter and a friend were able to lure it from the home and take it to a local veterinary office.

Kinkajou are mammals closely related to the raccoon, and are often found living in Central and South American forests.

This kinkajou in particular is the pet of a South Florida resident, who had planned to pick the animal up on Wednesday, according to the local news station.

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