article thumbnail

Why do people side with mongooses?

Reddit Animals

I always side with the snake during mongoose-snake encounters. People all over the YouTube comment sections always talk about the bravery and heroism of mongooses. Do these people not realize mongooses naturally kill snakes and often eat them? Not the mongoose. It would take a miracle for a snake to kill a mongoose.

article thumbnail

Whining self-pity…. or…. Pilanesberg leftovers.

10,000 Birds

Slender Mongoose. Until then, brace yourselves for a deluge of photos as I reminisce about some spectacular birds and animals that I was privileged to see there. A number of routes have already crossed back and forth a couple of times between the fleets. Even in the days of roll film (remember that?),

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Week 16: South Africa and Kruger National Park

10,000 Birds

So far we have seen Impala, Duiker, Greater Kudu, Mongoose, Zebra and warthogs around the neighborhood, and yard. Just stepping away from the birds for a minute, because you can’t really do any kind of story about Kruger National Park, and not at least mention the animals.

article thumbnail

Secrets of the Mangroves

4 The Love Of Animals

The program is going to include large animals such as the hippos and their movements through the system. Other animals that have rarely been seen on film such as the Palm nut vulture, bush pigs, mongoose, monitor lizards and snakes feeding on fish and crabs found in the Mangroves. Be sure to watch or set your DVR to record!

Mongoose 100
article thumbnail

Feral Cats Are An Invasive Species in North America (and elsewhere)

10,000 Birds

He also had tigers, cougars, and some other animals. This is approximated by the size of the animal, but really, this has to be adjusted for depending on modality of killing. Smaller and larger animals (if there are any) are taken by other creatures. That part of the carnivore landscape is taken by other animals.

article thumbnail

The Whistle Blowers

10,000 Birds

The combined effects of hunting, habitat loss and predation by introduced animals like rats and mongoose have extirpated the species from some islands and reduced numbers significantly on others.

article thumbnail

Searching for vultures in India

10,000 Birds

Vultures constituted the natural animal disposal system, processing carcasses and nearly 15,000 vultures have been observed at the carcass depositories in capital New Delhi.” ( Wikipedia ). The sudden collapse of the natural animal disposal system in India has had multiple consequences.

India 141