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    insects, and they all have fluffy tails. Narrow Striped Mongoose: Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Eupleridae Genus: Mungotictis Species: Mungotictis Decemileata The Narrow Striped Mongoose lives in South Western Madagascar. They only have about 500 square kilometers in habitat area. It is primarily an insectivore. It is eaten by dogs, humans, and cat-like fossa. The Narrow Striped Mongoose has a 23-27 cm tail and a 25-35 cm long body. It weighs 0…

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    worst fear is the mongoose. The mongoose is known for being agile and fast, which contributes to the ability to kill a venomous snake. The cobras have intimidating hoods, along with a poisonous bite. The printed version and video are the same, with only a few minor differences. The Rikki-tikki-tavi printed version, written by Rudyard Kipling, is very interesting. Rikki-tikki-tavi, the mongoose, got washed up meets the dangerous cobras named Nag and Nagaina. They see the mongoose and the family…

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    The Malagasy Civet

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    very well-developed offspring that are born with their eyes and are ready to crawl through bushes with their mothers within just two days. Galidictis grandidieri, also known as Grandidier's mongoose (named after Alfred Gandidier), or…

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    Duck Virtual Lab

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    The reason the mongoose flourish is due to the fact that duck’s eggs and rats were excellent prey for the mongoose. Unfortunately for the farmer, who was attempting to deplete the rat population, ended reducing the duck population. Mongoose also preys on duck eggs and the ducks themselves. 4. If an introduced species thrives and grows in an area, it can disrupt a delicately…

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    Tikki Tavi Cobras

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    Mongooses are born to kill snakes, they can also kill King Cobras, the deadliest snake. With a long length of 18 feet a King Cobra can take out an Asian Elephant and can kill 50% of humans that it bites. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is a mongoose who was washed away when a human family found him. He saves this family multiple times, and gains their trust. Mongooses are born to kill snakes but what Rikki-Tikki-Tavi did was absolutely amazing. There is a book and a movie of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. Both of these…

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    There are lots of methods to make the Mongoose population decrease little by little. First, call local wildlife or animal control to get rid of the Mongoose. When wildlife or animal control get involved with the pest, they catch it and keep it out of your site. Secondly, you could use old fashion methods, traps and cages. These two things can be…

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    Brief Wondrous Life

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    external force affecting Oscar. It’s what keep him going during his brief life. During what is described as the “the fall” or simply Oscar’s suicide attempt by jumping off a bridge he was visited by the mongoose. The narrator writes, “Later, when he would describe it, he would call it the Golden Mongoose, but even he knew that wasn’t what it was. It was very placid, very beautiful. Gold-limmed eyes that reached through you, not so much in judgment or reproach but for something far scarier. They…

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    never ends” One of the most known quotes for loving families. In this story a soulful family meets a stray mongoose and takes him in the family. He tries to protects the family as his life’s fullfiled dream. But is Rikki a threat to the family or is he helping them out,or maybe is he just plotting a death to the family in revenge. Keep reading to find out. One day long ago there was a mongoose looking for a home to stretch and live and be happy and feats on food he been looking for days with…

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    Tikki Bungalowing

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    house, and Segowlee cantonment is a British army post in India. In the story, it describes the life of the mongoose, Rikki-tikki-tavi. A mongoose is like a cat in the body, but like a weasel in the head. A mongoose is an extremely curious creature, one who wants to know about everything. A mongoose’s greatest enemy is the cobra. The cobra is a vicious creature, wishing to do harm. Mongooses and cobras, being natural enemies, will fight each other ferociously. Narrowed down to a few reasons,…

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    Book Summary: Tikki-Tavi

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    to have tried to succeed.” said Theodore Roosevelt. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi a mongoose, had put himself to the task of protecting the garden and his human family from the evil cobras Nag and Nagaina. A mongoose looks and is very similar to weasel, however, mongoose comes from cat family. Mongooses are predators in other words they are meat eaters, that are prone to hunting one of most deadly animals on the planet, cobra. The mongoose is immune to the venom of scorpions and snakes, with repetitive…

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