| Name |
Views and Comments | Date |
| lilly |
I think that mongoose are cool animals. |
11/17/2009 |
| lilly |
I think that mongoose are cool animals. I would love to have one has a pet. |
11/17/2009 |
| alyssa |
i love mongooses! lol :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) |
11/5/2009 |
| gabrele |
i luv mongooses thr the bomb diggity |
10/30/2009 |
| anna |
i know right |
10/8/2009 |
| Caley |
Thank you but your article wasn't very helpful. |
10/7/2009 |
| anna |
noy much u |
10/7/2009 |
| anna |
hi! people who read this! wats
i am board! i have a mongoose and its name is...idk : ] |
10/7/2009 |
| amber |
aww there so super cute!^-^ |
10/7/2009 |
| U'll never know |
I Have read the story Rikki TIkki Tavi so thats why I am researching! |
10/2/2009 |
| David |
thanks =D |
9/22/2009 |
| cassie |
i love the animal it is like a ferret to me |
9/17/2009 |
| kimueat |
I dont really care but like its 4 me project |
8/20/2009 |
| SAdare |
You shoud put more deatail |
8/20/2009 |
| carlos harris |
hi my name is carlos harris and i love that i am a mongoose and i think im cute so thanks for talking to u i'll call u later |
7/6/2009 |
| john kim |
Awesome! |
6/2/2009 |
| jared kim |
thanks for the facts about mongoose's it really helped me for my report in school (I'm in 10th grade) |
6/2/2009 |
| Taylor |
this is a really good websit!
keep the work up!
nice information! |
5/22/2009 |
| admirer |
Interesting Facts about Mongoose
Mongooses are weasel like animals, which have long bodies and faces, combined with small rounded ears. They have short legs and long tapering tails. Most of the times they have a gray or brown streak or a pattern in gray or brown. These animals have claws that cannot be drawn back that they are non-retractile.
Some species of the mongoose class are nocturnal while others come out in the light of day. One of the species known as yellow mongoose belong to the latter group and live a community life unlike the Egyptian mongoose, which lives a solitary life.
Mongooses live in crevices of rocks and burrows. The interesting thing is that seldom do they dig these holes themselves, most of the time they just move into burrows that have been left by other animals.
Scent plays a very important role in case of demarcating the territories of various species and they also use it to mark the reproductive status. They have a large anal scent gland for the same purpose.
Apart from the scent they also make a high-pitched noise, which is termed as "giggling" as a sign of mating. Giggling is a form courtship when the animal is choosing a partner.
Mongoose is a very fast animal and in a conflict with a snake, it can dodge the snake and save itself from the strikes of the snake easily. It uses several tricks and then ultimately when the snake is tired it attacks the snake and catches it by the back of its neck. It breaks the snake’s spine and eats the head and the fangs of the snake.
Mongoose has a great tolerance towards the venom of the snake apart from its swiftness and valor though there have been times when the mongoose has passed off by eating the head of the snake it had just killed. It happens so that when the mongoose eats the head and the fangs, the latter pierce through the walls of the blood vessels the body of the mongoose and the venom leaks into the bloodstream leading to the death of the animal.
Some species of mongooses use various defense mechanisms to save themselves from the bigger carnivores like one of them acts as the guard who keeps a watch on the surroundings and makes aloud noise that works like an alarm call for others to understand that there is danger around. Once the other mongooses hear this alarm call they rush to the nearest hole as soon as they can. |
5/13/2009 |
| jordan |
okay we are doing a project nd need to know what the Egyptian mongoose defense is! thank you lots |
5/11/2009 |
| Daija |
i love mongooses they are so cute! |
5/7/2009 |
| sally |
well not that good for me |
5/4/2009 |
| nick |
good job |
5/4/2009 |
| Cydni sokol |
Mongoose's are just the absolute cuttest animals in the world...I want one ...although they seem so protective in Rikki-Tikki Tavie lol haha |
2/11/2009 |
| coco chanel |
mongooses are sooo very precios |
1/22/2009 |
| Kasey |
MONGOOSES ARE SPECIAL PPLZ! |
1/22/2009 |
| leth |
wat do mongoose eat |
1/9/2009 |
| Sarah |
THAT ISNT A MONGOOSE!
its a Meerkat!
:(
but i hope the info is right, project!
tnx anywayss
scuz. |
12/24/2008 |
| Fred |
That picture is not a mongoos-it's a meerkat. |
12/10/2008 |
| starboy |
good info thanks a bunch...needed it 4 skool... |
12/1/2008 |
| daniel daunhaue |
i love rikki-tikki-tavi the story |
11/25/2008 |
| kyle boswell |
i really think that mongeese are neat animals! thanks for the facts and all your help
sincerly,
a school |
11/25/2008 |
| shawn cory |
show more facts on african animals |
11/17/2008 |
| shawn |
you shuold show more and alot of facts of mongoose |
11/17/2008 |
| haley m |
this book was really good |
11/10/2008 |
| hazle |
mongoose are really cute and make good house pets. if you live alnoe then you would want a mongoose to have when you come home. |
11/10/2008 |
| ssb |
i read this story in my reading class |
11/6/2008 |
| jenny |
hello i have read rikki-tikki-tavi in my reading class!
by the way needs more information! |
11/3/2008 |
| AILEEN |
hello i am a student in R.C.R this last week we were reading RIKKI-TIKKI-TAVI I sugjested that the book is awsome
sincirly aileen |
11/3/2008 |
| Priscilla |
Hi!
I am a student at R.C.R last week our class was learning about Mongose when i went to this website i learned all the information i needed for my test!
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU!
Prissy |
11/3/2008 |
| Kairi |
good info though... :) |
10/15/2008 |
| autumn |
mongooses are very cute |
9/22/2008 |
| b |
that is a picture of a meerkat! |
9/18/2008 |
| lindsay |
great story i have read rikki-tikki tavi |
9/17/2008 |
| cherry14 |
i think it needs just a little bit more information. But other than that it was fine. |
9/12/2008 |
| sni ff mya ss |
mongooses are very cute |
9/11/2008 |
| vanessa |
i read the rikki-tikki-tavi story in my english class. its so awsum and i waz amazed to see that u mentioned it in here. lol i needed to research this for my homework and yeah... this website helped a lot. thanx :] |
6/5/2008 |
| joeph |
add a little bit more info |
5/10/2008 |
| hunter |
thanks for the facts |
4/11/2008 |
| Alex S |
I like your info |
2/13/2008 |
| johnny |
very bad very tedious |
1/21/2008 |
