Amala Akkineni

The day I set foot in Hyderabad, I saw an animal being hit by a vehicle. The city did not have a shelter for the bleeding animal, and I brought it home. In less than a month, our house was home to all kinds of animals - a buffalo with a broken hip, a blind mongoose, goats, dogs, cats.

Indian Actress

Michael Dirda

Because of Kipling, I've sometimes wondered about keeping a mongoose about the house. But given the cobra population in Silver Spring, Maryland - zero, when last I checked - we hardly need a Rikki-Tikki-Tavi.

American Critic

The word 'mongoose' can be used metaphorically to describe someone quick and brave.

Animal Metaphor

In some stories, the mongoose represents intelligence and courage, especially in folklore.

Cultural Symbol

A mongoose is not a species of goose; it's a distinct mammal, similar in size to a cat.

Common Misconception

 surprised about this I was surprised though when we watched a mongoose he was almost like he was looking for attention as a little pup was trying to death feign in front of a yellow-billed humble now yellow ball at home was never going to eat among those well I shouldn't say never but the chances are highly unlikely they have a completely

Safari Live - Day 133 PIPE...

 to a scientist who spends a lot of time feeding hallucinogens to mongooses to see if they like them -- it turns out they do, but only in very specific circumstances -- to the only country that's ever decriminalized all drugs, from cannabis to crack, Portugal. And the thing I realized that really blew my mind is,

Everything you think you...

 the younger females banded mongoose breed regularly and with the pregnancy of just two months an individual breeding female can have up to five litters a year that's a potential 15 pups each annually in a world where the biggest gangs are the strongest breeding

Mating habits of the...

 today is a very special day it's their first time out of the den and they're taking in all the sights sounds and smells of the outside world these pups reveal something very unusual about banded mongoose reproduction all of

First Day Outside PIPE...

 and social animals recognizing other faces. As we peer at different pupils, patterns emerge. And yet there are exceptions. For example, Pallas’s cats and mongooses are both small ambush predators,

Why do cats have...

 feet tall and have wing spans of eight and a half feet the mongooses are barely pushing two feet tail included how long and these scrappy little fighters told off the largest storks in the world

Stork vs. Mongoose PIPE...

 and they're not the only birds who pose a threat pied crows not only sound ominous but they're also a dab hand at taking mongoose pups but not today the pups fight back as one and helped by a

Up for a Fight PIPE Banded...

 eight and a half feet the mongooses are barely pushing two feet hail included how long can these scrappy little fighters hold off the largest storks in the world

Mongooses vs. Giant...

 and a half feet the mongooses are barely pushing 2 feet tail included how long can these scrappy little fighters hold off the largest storks in the world

 they also come for the grubs and insects that can be found within it as the ultimate opportunists banded mongoose rarely go hungry around here