It looks like this banded mongoose was teaching her pup a thing or two about their striped neighbors. In reality the two species live side by side in relative symbiosis and mongooses have even been observed picking ticks and other parasites off of zebras. Nikon Z8 with Nikkor 180-600mm lens (at 600mm) ISO 180, f/6.3 at 1/500th of a second.
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It looks like this banded mongoose was teaching her pup a thing or two about their striped neighbors. In reality the two species live side by side in relative symbiosis and mongooses have even been observed picking ticks and other parasites off of zebras. Nikon Z8 with Nikkor 180-600mm lens (at 600mm) ISO 180, f/6.3 at 1/500th of a second.
Real nice capture!
Thanks Sue. I love the small mammals of Africa.
So cool!
Cute neighborhood
For sure Tom.
Why are several of these animals called mongooses and not mongeese?
As I told you before Mom, I don’t name the animals, I just photograph them. But they aren’t geese, so mongooses.