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This banana rat has evolved a liking for root beer. Guantanamo residents dislike the hutia, because they gnaw on everything, most especially the rubber parts of car engines -- hard to replace on the island outpost. On the other side of the minefield, hutia are popular food items.

Capt. Williams had tamed this one.

Like those on many islands, Cuban deer are smaller than those found on bigger pieces of land, where food is more plentiful. The deer are quite common at GTMO. Sometimes one wanders into the minefield, and that's that.

The "banana rat," or hutia, isn't technically a rat. It got its name because its droppings -- which it eats; as with some other rodents and related creatures, hutia don't absorb some nutrients until the second time through -- are banana shaped. This one was kept as a pet by the base veterinarian. Army Capt. Bruce Williams.