This mischievous looking little guy is a slender mongoose, photographed in Botswana. They are described as opportunistic carnivores. Meaning, they’ll take what they can get. Most of their diet is made up of insects, but they’ll also eat lizards, rodents, snakes, birds, amphibians, and fruit when available. They have a well earned reputation for taking down venomous snakes, although, this doesn’t account for a significant portion of their diet. Nikon D800 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 400, f/4 at 1/1250th of a second
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This mischievous looking little guy is a slender mongoose, photographed in Botswana. They are described as opportunistic carnivores. Meaning, they’ll take what they can get. Most of their diet is made up of insects, but they’ll also eat lizards, rodents, snakes, birds, amphibians, and fruit when available. They have a well earned reputation for taking down venomous snakes, although, this doesn’t account for a significant portion of their diet.
Looks to be a curious creature with a big appetite for bugs
We could use him in Florida!
Beautiful creature – great capture, Sean!
Very nice! I had one once run in front of my car in Barbados, while driving the road through the sugar cane fields. It was chasing a snake!
Ah, nice sighting. I only saw crabs and a few turtles in Barbados.
—– Orange of nose and eye
—– Reveals fires which burn within
—– Venom to resist .
do these cresure have red eyes/ or it red from the camera ? great pic.
Yes, they’re sort of orangish. I wasn’t using flash, so no red eye, that’s the color.