Bandits have arrived!

[Phil]

Ok, not type of bandit.
But the banded Mongoose have arrived, Mungos mungo.

Banded mongoose - Wikipedia​

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A large troop, gave up counting at 30 as they kept on dodging in and out of the flower beds.
They are quite destructive around the pot plants, digging up or tipping over.
They are also very cute to watch, especially the young ones.




Apologies, no better foto, used old Nokia phone.

{Edit - to find and add the missing foto}

 

[duke]

Will they stay long or just on a walk about Phil?

 

[Mike G]

Ooooh, nice. I wonder where their den is? I've only ever known them in the bush, where they live in old termite mounds or rocky oucrops. I imagine in an urban environment that they're found some waste ground somewhere with a rubble pile, or some pipes....or maybe under a garden shed.

 

[Phil]

Will they stay long or just on a walk about Phil?

Scott they have been around for more than a week.
Just chased them away again. I now have to replant some pots, one orchid and other succulents. I will need to move them to the metal table top. Even the tall pots are'nt safe.

Ooooh, nice. I wonder where their den is? I've only ever known them in the bush, where they live in old termite mounds or rocky oucrops. I imagine in an urban environment that they're found some waste ground somewhere with a rubble pile, or some pipes....or maybe under a garden shed.

Mike not sure where they hide and breed. There are one or two units with decks. Also the storm water drains, although with all the rain we have had they would be wet, damp and cold. Today low was 11c and high 19c. Overcast, hardly generating any PV power.