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November 21st 2007 10:27
Mongoose

A mongoose (plural mongooses or mongeese) is a small cat-like carnivore. Mongooses are widely distributed in Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, and southern Europe. There are more than thirty species, ranging from one to four feet in length. Some species of mongeese will usually lead solitary lives, seeking out food only for themselves, while others travel in groups, known as mongaggles.
A mongaggle. Group of Mongooses or Mongeese


In these larger groups, they will tend to cooperate and share food amongst themselves. Mongeese mostly feed on insects, crabs, earthworms, lizards, snakes, chickens, and rodents. However, they will also eat eggs and carrion. Some species, such as the Indian mongoose, are popularly used to fight and kill venomous snakes, even king cobras. They are able to do this because of their agility and cunning, thick coat and high resistance to the venom, but typically avoid the cobra and have no particular affinity for consuming their meat.
Mongoose Animals


Some species of mongoose can be easily domesticated, are fairly intelligent, and can be taught simple tricks, so they are often kept as pets to protect the home from vermin. However, they can be more destructive than desired; when imported into the West Indies for the purpose of killing rats and snakes, they destroyed most of the small, ground-based fauna. For this reason, it is illegal to import most species of mongoose into the United States, Australia and other countries.
Mongoose fighting a King Cobra Snake




*These images used with permission from Damn Funny Pictures.

**This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Mongoose.
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