Enough of only talking about the big game! Because we see so much of the large game, I all too often forget to talk about the hundreds of small and weird animals we see, and quite frankly, these are often the ones that amuse and entertain our guests the most.
So the other day we saw an animal called “Dwarf Mongoose”. The photos (see below) are a bit hazy, but it gives you an idea.
These animals are VERY social, living in families and groups of up to 30. We have one resident family living just behind our Boma, so you can spot them at daytime quite frequently here. They are quite skittish, but these ones have become a little more used to the presence of humans, so you get a chance to see them, right next to the lodge. Very cute animals indeed.
They are also prolific migrants (they don’t have to worry about anti-immigration nasty politics), so if a dominant female loses the “top slot” to, say, a sister, then they migrate elsewhere, and young males do this too, and that’s how new families are formed.
They raise their pups a little bit the way I am involved with my own litter these days. 😉 They have someone stay behind to babysit the little ones, while everyone else is foraging.
Anyway, I digress, here the photos that we took of our sighting yesterday.
