I think we jumped to a possibly premature conclusion that the animal was eating pears. First, how can you tell there are pears in the picture? I’m not sure about that. Second, just because the critter is sniffing around under the tree or near the fruit doesn’t mean it is actually eating the pears. Would pears be ripe enough to be falling to the ground in Florida at this time of year? One of the guys on the Calling the East told about killing a coyote that was eating persimmons. He shot a coyote from his deck that was nosing around under a persimmon tree. Naturally, he thought the coyote was eating the fruits. I commented that I was surprised the coyote was eating the persimmons so early as they were really bitter at the time and not ripe yet. After he investigated he agreed, the fruit wasn’t ready and evidently the coyote just happened to be checking things out under a persimmon tree when he was spotted and shot by the poster. Who knows what the critter is actually doing from a couple of still shots from a game camera. I keep looking at the tail… just doesn’t look right to me.