Digital subscriptions provided by the City of Gulfport THE GABBER.COM No. 2730
October 14 - October 20, 2021
Fonzie in Lemur Land Eric Cudar, owner of Gulfport Garage and two ring-tailed lemurs, is used to explaining himself. For the past 20 years, Cudar has shared his life with lemurs Fonzie and later, Charmin. The largest room in his home, the dining area, is completely transformed into a primate friendly pen for the two strepsirrhine primates – “dumb monkeys,” Cudar jokes. Fonzie, Cudar’s original lemur, and Charmin – named after the toilet paper – spend their days eating monkey biscuits that Cudar gets from a local feed store and walking the suburbs of Gulfport by harness. “Charmin is a sweetheart, and Fonzie is more of a character,” Cudar said. “A lot of people think they’re raccoons.” In 2006, pre-Charmin, a much younger Fonzie could be spotted in the window of Gulfport Garage most days. That was until a potential lawsuit, and a lack of license banished him to Lemur Land in Cudar’s home.
LARRY BUSBY
By Abby Baker
Lemur continued on page 14
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