| 单词 | mongoose |
| 例句 | “It’s doubtful an expert could tell whether they were meerkat bones or mongoose bones.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “The mongooses at the zoo didn’t sell. They stayed in India.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I found an opportunity to exchange some words with him, the others rushing out into the yard, waxen clogs a-thumping, to place bets upon a battle royal between a mongoose and an asp. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z You could hear Ruth May’s creepy pet mongoose scurrying around under the table looking for somebody to drop something. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Less hard to believe than some of the things we’ve heard in the last two hours. Perhaps the mongooses were already aboard the lifeboat, like the rat you mentioned.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The rabbit has the life it has—not a rat life or mongoose life—because it is named rabbit, mvundla. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z After an hour, the ground all around the table would be littered with piles of durian husks, stinking like a dying mongoose. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I next acquired a vervet monkey, Kobi, and a dwarf mongoose, Kip. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z There were four kinds of monkeys in addition to the baboons, and many smaller animals such as squirrels and mongooses. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z He gestured toward the black mamba and the mongoose again, and as if cued, the mongoose hissed, baring small, pointed teeth as its amber eyes flashed. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He had the form of some creature like a mongoose, but red-gold in color and smaller. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The mongoose let out a small yelp of pain. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I used that name just to please her, practically admitting it was her mongoose. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t have a snake because a mongoose wants to kill a snake. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z We were careful to keep the latrine door shut and latched at night, so no mongoose or civet cat would find its way in and polish him off. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Have you ever watched the dance of the mamba and the mongoose?” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z All God’s creatures have names, whether they slither across our path or show up for sale at our front stoop: bushbuck, mongoose, tarantula, cobra, the red-and-black monkey called ngonndo, geckos scurrying up the walls. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Here are my pets: Leon and the mongoose. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The mongoose swiped a paw through the air and the mamba lunged, striking at its paw with terrifying accuracy. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The golden monkey was tenderly smoothing the fur between the sleeping dæmon’s ears, and as Ama looked, the mongoose creature stirred uneasily and uttered a hoarse little mew. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Do you think I can’t remember Little Sister? She had the heart of a mongoose. Brave and clever. She was the chief of all children in Kilanga, including her big sisters.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “What most people do not understand,” Brother Ugo continued, “is that the mongoose is far wiser than she looks. She is resilient, immune to the mamba’s venom, and...” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Now as Shabani stood there, smiling like a mongoose, I saw my father looking down at me, standing next to Jesus. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z One day the mongoose came in the house and then every day after that. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They shot potatoes against the wall to release tension, and “massacred” stuffed mongooses after an unwanted corporate acquisition. Ambitions and Emotions Run Hot in ‘The Founders,’ a History of PayPal 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z One report indicated that a mongoose in Kenya might be a misogynist. What Does Misogyny Look Like? 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z Other fables by the writer, such as the story of heroic mongoose Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and the tale of elephant handler, Toomai, are likely to be ignored once again. Disney casts 10-year-old newcomer as Mowgli in Jon Favreau's Jungle Book 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z The site is part of a national park, populated by picnickers and jackals and mongoose, with guest appearances by the pink, black and white-crested hoopoe, Israel’s national bird. Journeys: In Israel, Treasures for Those Willing to Dig 2011-03-25T18:55:00Z When I asked for suggestions on other calendar-cute baby animals, she recommended the red pandas, the cranes and the mongoose. Central Park: A green island in Manhattan The recipients this Saturday and Sunday are the meerkats and mongoose. Spare Times for Children for Dec. 21-27 2012-12-20T23:12:15Z The next whale is something of a cross between a mongoose and a porpoise; and the whale after that is basically a big mole with flippers. Building Field Museum's beasts a giant undertaking 2011-05-17T00:27:00Z That human mongoose, Tony Robinson, was kept on a tight leash by the project manager. Blitz Street, Out of the Frying Pan and Coronation Street 2010-04-19T22:05:00Z Also, operation mongoose shifts into high gear in this "Heroes and Villains" episode. 'Once Upon a Time': Belle makes a bold move in 'Heroes and Villains' 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z We hadn’t seen any mongooses on the way to Hana, but now, every so often, they undulated quickly across the road. Maui’s heavenly Hana is more than just a road trip 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z They’re the dwarf mongooses at the Prospect Park Zoo in Brooklyn and the Andean bears at the Queens Zoo. Spare Times for Children for Dec. 12-18 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z The mongoose has the power to take that cobra, but the cobra is always up and watching the mongoose. Actor Graham Greene on how fear & golf relate: "It's a game where you get to play against yourself" 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z Otto and Xavier embark, with their pet mongoose, on a sleeper train called the Lucky Day. 10 books to read in April 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z Animal encounters start at $165 for two people, and you can choose from the following animals: ring-tailed lemur; mongoose lemur; kangaroo and wallaby; red panda; and two-toed sloth. Stalking an elusive YouTube star: The adorkable red panda 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z He looks back on his exotic upbringing – he went to a birthday party whose star attraction was a lethal fight between a cobra and a mongoose – with a pampered American's dismay. Kumail Nanjiani – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-20T17:12:07Z It's like watching a mongoose and a cobra. Actor Graham Greene on how fear & golf relate: "It's a game where you get to play against yourself" 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z Yes, a cobra gets loose in sleepy little North Bath, but it prompts one of the book’s best comebacks from a law enforcement colleague of Raymer’s: “And me without my mongoose.” Review: Richard Russo Returns Upstate in ‘Everybody’s Fool’ 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Using a decade of life-history data from a wild population of dwarf mongooses, University of Bristol researchers found that pup survival rate actually increased when the cumulative threat of conflict with rival groups was greater. Increased threat of war enhances pup survival 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z There’s all kinds of stuff that has tried to be a bit catlike in different ways—mongooses, things like that. Cats Are Perfect. An Evolutionary Biologist Explains Why 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Despite the lack of evidence for the mongoose, though, the Irvings refused to back down. The strange story of Gef, the Isle of Man’s talking mongoose 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z Meerkats, slender-tailed creatures with pointy faces, are members of the mongoose family and are native to Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe. Five Meerkats Mysteriously Die at the Philadelphia Zoo 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z The small members of the mongoose family from southern Africa all became sick and died within less than a month. Five meerkats dead in suspected dye poisoning at Philadelphia Zoo 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Dwarf mongooses are Africa's smallest carnivore, living in cooperatively breeding, territorial groups of 5-30 individuals. Increased threat of war enhances pup survival 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z But instead, maybe the monkey took the mongoose pup for dinner after killing its mother. Is this monkey really cuddling a pet mongoose? 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Instead, they clung to their version of the facts—that a talking mongoose had taken up residence in their abode and entered an unlikely friendship with them. The strange story of Gef, the Isle of Man’s talking mongoose 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z “So, let’s say you’ve never seen a mongoose, and somebody described it to you as a ‘ferret, but a little bigger.’ Surveys commissioned by 16th century Spanish king provide unprecedented ecological snapshot 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z For the dwarf mongooses at Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda, the most intense power struggles occur between groups. Social Animals Seek Power in Surprisingly Complex Ways 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z Rats, mongoose and brown tree snakes prey on native birds and bats. Protected Too Late: U.S. Officials Report More Than 20 Extinctions 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Christian had been tracking the group of bonobos "chest-deep through flooded forest" in the Salonga National Park for days when he spotted the young male holding a juvenile mongoose in his hand. Is this monkey really cuddling a pet mongoose? 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z According to James, Margaret, and their teenage daughter Voirrey Irving, the mongoose spoke in a high-pitched voice and in multiple different languages. The strange story of Gef, the Isle of Man’s talking mongoose 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z “The challenge is that for modern-day biologists, it does matter whether the actual animal around 450 years ago was a ferret or a mongoose. That’s the challenge of using 450-year-old questionnaires!” Surveys commissioned by 16th century Spanish king provide unprecedented ecological snapshot 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Michael Cant and his colleagues wanted to know why, and found that it all starts because genetic relatedness in mongoose groups builds up over generations. Social Animals Seek Power in Surprisingly Complex Ways 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z After giving birth, the well-fed mothers doted on the smaller pups born to the underfed mongooses by feeding, carrying, protecting, and grooming them more often than their own, larger pups. Mongoose mothers help their colonies thrive—by forgetting which pups are theirs 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z "I was so surprised to see how he carried the mongoose with such care. I immediately started to follow him and document it," he told BBC News. Is this monkey really cuddling a pet mongoose? 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z In return, the mongoose hunted rabbits for the family, told them legends and fairy tales, and made jokes. The strange story of Gef, the Isle of Man’s talking mongoose 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z Subsequent work showed the bacterium was attacking other Taï forest mammals, too, including monkeys, mongooses, and porcupines. This wildlife vet tracks deadly microbes in the African jungle. Now, he’s on the trail of COVID-19 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z This arrangement can lead to inbreeding, but female dwarf mongooses have found a simple yet clever way around this problem: look for mates in nearby groups. Social Animals Seek Power in Surprisingly Complex Ways 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z Banded mongooses are known for almost unbreakable devotion to their birth family - as well as cooperative living habits, including sharing den-guarding and pup-rearing responsibilities, said Cant. Female banded mongooses lead battle for chance to find mates 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z The monkey held and stroked the small mongoose for over an hour, he said. Is this monkey really cuddling a pet mongoose? 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z But individual mongooses almost never leave the group they’re born into. Female banded mongooses lead battle for chance to find mates 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z In the absence of lynxes, medium-sized predators that eat rabbits – such as foxes and Egyptian mongooses – put prey species under a lot of pressure. The lynx effect: Iberian cat claws its way back from brink of extinction 2020-10-25T04:00:00Z Spying swordtails, wily ravens and scheming mongooses are just three examples of the means by which animals make their power plays. Social Animals Seek Power in Surprisingly Complex Ways 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z For example, work led by Bonnie M. Fairbanks and published in 2015 in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology showed that banded mongooses do not avoid group members, even when they exhibit clear signs of disease. Animals Use Social Distancing to Avoid Disease 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z In the end, this mongoose had a happy ending - the bonobo eventually released his "pet", who then got away unharmed. Is this monkey really cuddling a pet mongoose? 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Banded mongooses are known for almost unbreakable devotion to their birth family — as well as cooperative living habits, including sharing den-guarding and pup-rearing responsibilities, said Cant. Female banded mongooses lead battle for chance to find mates 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z Like all lemurs, mongoose lemurs are native to the island of Madagascar. Endangered mongoose lemur born at Zoo Miami 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z The same goes for keepers who care for meerkats, skunks, mongooses and otters, among other animals. D.C, Md. to get 250 ventilators from California; coronavirus disproportionately hurting D.C.'s black residents 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z Banded mongooses are a highly social species native to sub-Saharan Africa and live in stable groups of up to 40 family members and nonrelatives. Animals Use Social Distancing to Avoid Disease 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z For Penn, who plays Mikku, one of the mongooses, being part of the show is a thrill. Disney Junior’s ‘Mira, Royal Detective’ is India-inspired 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z The female mongooses are strongly motivated to find mates in other groups, Wilson said. Female banded mongooses lead battle for chance to find mates 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z They also compete with endemic carnivores like mongooses, said Zachary Farris, a biologist at Appalachian State University who was unaffiliated with the research team. Madagascar’s mysterious, lemur-eating cats started as ship stowaways 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z Meerkats are omnivores from the mongoose family and are found in desert and other arid environments of South Africa. Zoo Miami welcomes pair of baby meerkats 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z In addition to the many mammals at the park, which include warthogs, baboons, mongooses and others, there are an abundance of reptiles and more than 450 species of birds. Shocking video of python, honey badger and jackals fighting each other goes viral 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z Two mongooses—it is indeed mongooses and not mongeese, by the way—took keen interest in the Callaway, and immediately rushed to apprehend. Mongooses take a liking to Tommy Fleetwood's golf ball at Nedbank Golf Challenge - Golf Digest 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z Tseng’s own institution housed skeletons from striped hyenas, cheetahs, jackals, aardwolves and mongooses, as well as skulls from extinct hyenas and dogs. The fight for control over virtual fossils 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z Gators, geese, kangaroos, bears, cobras, mongoose, and even goat caddies. Massive hippo interrupts Alfred Dunhill Championship, makes gators look like kittens - Golf Digest 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z As Weber puts it, "People are a lot more responsible now than when they were running around releasing mongooses." Scientists spent years on a plan to import this wasp to kill stinkbugs. Then it showed up on its own 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z In true mongoose fashion, then, we decided to investigate these charismatic African and Asian carnivores, thanks to a new study on their unique child-care system. Why Mongooses All Give Birth on the Same Day 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z A new study suggests a non-primate, the dwarf mongoose, does so too, even after a delay. Mongooses Gift Grooming for Guard Duty 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z "Lying on one's back is an almost irresistible lure to a playful mongoose because it says, 'Come and get me, I'll let you win,'" says Sharpe. Is This Mongoose Playing Dead or Just Playing? Video Cracks Up Experts 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z Meerkats, which constantly tunnel and dig holes, are tiny members of the mongoose family and are native to deserts and grasslands on the southern tip of Africa. Los Angeles Zoo puts new ‘mob’ of meerkats on exhibit 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z This mongoose fighting a cobra on a South African golf course, which also doubles as a good reminder to just go back to Ireland for your golf vacation next year. The best (and most batsh*t) viral sports moments of 2017 - Golf Digest 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z The banded mongoose of sub-Saharan Africa is the only known animal whose pups get a mentor. Why Mongooses All Give Birth on the Same Day 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z So it’s possible the life history of the analyzed hyena or mongoose played a role in its brain anatomy. Which animals are smartest: Dogs, cats, or ... raccoons? 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z "Hornbills often forage with dwarf mongoose groups," says Kern. Is This Mongoose Playing Dead or Just Playing? Video Cracks Up Experts 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z “I thought it was just fantastic to see that family of mongoose grab a bit of television time for themselves.” Hey! A Baboon Took My Golf Ball! 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z Terrifying wildlife encounters: This faceoff between a King Cobra and a mongoose happened on the course before last week’s Nedbank Golf Challenge on the European Tour: Bernhard Langer gets robbed (sort of), Rickie Fowler’s fans get robed, Grayson Murray rips his elders & Brooks Koepka monkeys around - Golf Digest 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z Cant co-authored the new study showing that young mongooses learn to forage from these mentors, acquiring behaviors that will last a lifetime. Why Mongooses All Give Birth on the Same Day 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z First, there was an on-course showdown between a snake and a mongoose. European Tour pro gets one of the luckiest bounces you'll ever see - Golf Digest 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z "They provide an extra lookout system which benefits the mongooses, while themselves benefiting from insect prey stirred up by the mongooses' foraging." Is This Mongoose Playing Dead or Just Playing? Video Cracks Up Experts 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z She believes the mongoose in Bronkhorst's video is a Selous' mongoose, which typically operate as solitary hunters, and that the snake is a venomous black mamba. Watch a Mongoose Swing From a Deadly Snake 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z In addition to chimps, six monkey species, duikers, mongooses, and a porcupine died of the disease; overall, it appeared to be responsible for about 40% of observed wildlife deaths. Anthrax’s cousin wreaks havoc in the rainforest 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z Right now, “hundreds of birds and crocodiles and fish and hyenas and mongoose are benefiting.” This river kills thousands of wildebeests — then gives life to everything else. 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z By contrast, the highly social mongooses, who live in “mobs” with an average size of nearly 30, were among the worst performers. What Hyenas Can Tells Us About the Origins of Intelligence 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z Meerkats belong to the mongoose family. They live in all parts of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana, in much of the Namib Desert in Namibia and south-western Angola, and in South Africa. Tigers and meerkats enjoy seasonal treats at London zoo 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z But they assumed the mongoose feasted on its prey. Watch a Mongoose Swing From a Deadly Snake 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z In Hawaii, the introduction of mongooses to control rats failed because mongooses are active during the day and the rats were active at night. A tiny wasp could save Christmas Island’s spectacular red crabs from crazy ants 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z Given Sun City already gifted this ridiculous video of a pack of mongoose running across a green yesterday, a sincere thanks goes to South Africa for injecting a sense of levity into our world. Because it's Friday, watch this European Tour fan fall into a bush at the Nedbank Challenge - Golf Digest 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z A pack of 20 mongoose ran onto a green to greet this group. Watch 20 mongoose run onto the green at the European Tour event in South Africa - Golf Digest 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z The beer talk concluded, he says, with the advent of a two-server maneuver the NoMad staff now calls “the mongoose.” The Partners Behind Eleven Madison Park Add More to Their Plate 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z While on vacation in Kruger last June, South African Delia Bronkhorst saw a mongoose jumping at and biting a much larger, dangling snake. Watch a Mongoose Swing From a Deadly Snake 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z By contrast, when road noise was played, mongooses were slower to approach and showed similar responses to both predator and herbivore faeces. Animal behaviour: Noise disrupts other senses : Nature : Nature Research 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z Jamaica giant galliwasp: Introduced predators, such as mongooses, killed off this lizard species. Nostalgic tourism posters highlight the wildlife you’ll never, ever see 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z Fearsome as it is, there’s much to be admired in the cobra, which tends to be reticent until provoked, and the mongoose, though cuddly looking, is a bonafide killer. “The most abnormal event I’ve ever witnessed”: In a wild battle between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, Lester Holt was the big loser 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z There are certain groups of animals that have become immune, however, like honey badgers, mongooses, and opossums. Venomous Animals Kill in Horrible Ways—And Also Cure According to Bronkhorst, this went on for nearly five minutes, so long that she stopped filming, assuming they wouldn't see the mongoose successfully loosen its prey. Watch a Mongoose Swing From a Deadly Snake 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z The team placed faeces from either a predator or a herbivore outside the mongoose burrow. Animal behaviour: Noise disrupts other senses : Nature : Nature Research 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z Think of the Seahawks like a cobra and the Rams like a mongoose. Seahawks fans ... Better not let those Rams fool you 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z At the Museum and Dead Things, you can see some the most freaky taxidermy animal hybrids ever created, such as a mongoose affixed with the wings of a hawk. How to spend 24 hours of unbridled freedom of expression at Burning Man 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Caged mongoose that he is, Anthony Weiner is not easily contained. Anthony Weiner Says His Wife Never Agreed to That Documentary 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z It's even likely the snake in the video was already killed by the mongoose up in the tree before the mammal began its laborious effort to yank it down to the ground. Watch a Mongoose Swing From a Deadly Snake 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z When ambient natural sounds were played, mongooses were quick to inspect both types of faeces. Animal behaviour: Noise disrupts other senses : Nature : Nature Research 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z The animal lost its front right leg in a mongoose attack, and zookeepers added the wheels in a short operation after they noticed the animal couldn't move around and reach its food. Amputee Tortoise Gets Moving With Wheels 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z She lost both front legs in a suspected mongoose attack and this is how she rolls now. The world's fastest tortoise? - BBC News 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z They’ve recently added some mongoose and a pair of agouti, which are in the rodent family and look like tiny capybaras. Potawatomi Zoo to let visitors get closer to the animals 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z When Kruger staff initially published the video on the park YouTube page, they wrote that the mongoose was swinging the snake as if it were merely playing with it. Watch a Mongoose Swing From a Deadly Snake 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z Noise pollution may distract the mongooses and increase stress, impairing the creatures' natural anti-predator behaviour, the authors say. Animal behaviour: Noise disrupts other senses : Nature : Nature Research 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z At Chennai, a mongoose reportedly emerged from the surrounding forest and attacked the tortoise in its enclosure. Amputee Tortoise Gets Moving With Wheels 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z Later, European and US settlers imported predators such as mongooses, which devastated birds of all kinds. When chickens go wild 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z Current methods used to control rodents and mongooses include using live and kill traps and diphacinone in bait stations. Draft report proposes new ways to eradicate mongooses 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z Other species of mongoose will hunt in packs and even defend themselves from predators by banding together, in what Alexander described as "one amorphous unit." Watch a Mongoose Swing From a Deadly Snake 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z Meerkats are burrowing members of the mongoose family. Rafiki winning name for Oglebay zoo’s new meerkat 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z The mongoose relative was likely searching for food, says Craig Sholley, a wildlife biologist and vice president of the African Wildlife Foundation. Top 10 Viral Animal Videos of the Year 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z Kauai may have no shortage of feral chickens now, but if mongooses arrive on the island or political winds change, they could be at risk. When chickens go wild 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z The draft environmental impact statement presents the use of mechanical traps, compressed carbon dioxide and rodenticides as ways to control the mongoose and rodent populations. Draft report proposes new ways to eradicate mongooses 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z I am like a mongoose going into a cobra's nest, taking all the eggs home with me. Tyson Fury's win over Klitschko 'best since Ali beat Liston' 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z Mr. Abaaoud’s enemies called him “the mongoose,” for his ability to operate discreetly, quickly and quietly, establishing his presence and power. Paris Attacks and Other Assaults Seen as Evidence of a Shift by ISIS 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z These included Australian snakes, every species from the cat and dog families as well as hyenas and mongooses, and domestic grazing animals as well as tapirs and rhinoceroses. Eye shape reveals whether an animal is predator or prey, new study shows 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z The researchers shaved a unique pattern into the fur of each mongoose for identification purposes. Banded Mongooses and Careful Sex 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z The mongoose was first brought to Hawaii Island in 1883, then to Maui, Molokai and Oahu. Draft report proposes new ways to eradicate mongooses 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z Both candidates seem eager to play the mongoose to the other’s snake as the 2016 presidential campaign heats up. Lindsey Graham joins crowded 2016 presidential field 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z Mayweather won like a mongoose does with a cobra—by moving and striking in a smooth, perfect way that is a beautiful. What the Big Fight Tells Us About Us 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z They also brought with them brown and black rats, and, significantly, the mongoose, which was used to keep sugar plantations free of pests. Caribbean super-rat history extracted from DNA - BBC News 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z Banded mongooses, however, never leave their social groups. Banded Mongooses and Careful Sex 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Some speculate that Kauai is overrun because mongooses, which like to eat eggs, were never released there. In Hawaii, Chickens Gone Wild 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z All of the above may help explain why the Sunnis who dominate governments in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates eye Iran the way a rattlesnake views a mongoose. Catching up with the Middle East 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z Seto showed the team footage of a mongoose using its feet to elude an attacking cobra. Vague Job Outline Leads to Defining Role With Seahawks 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Eradication efforts in Honolulu are helped along somewhat by white egrets and especially mongoose, the latter of which burrow into mulch piles to gobble larvae. Hawaii hopes to fend off invasion by coconut rhinoceros beetle 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z Researchers speculate that, at least for mongooses, the genetic problems caused by inbreeding are perceived to be less dangerous than leaving the pack in search of new mates. Pros of incest outweigh cons for mongooses 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z The final anti-island straw happened one night when I was walking back to my aunt’s house and a mongoose ran across my foot. You May Not Know It Yet, But You Belong In Anguilla 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z Fossas look like small mountain lions, but their closest relative is the mongoose. Denver Zoo celebrates birth of fossa pup 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z Banded mongooses try less hard at motherhood after bringing up their first-born. 10 things we didn't know last week 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z The beneficial role of the mongoose is welcome, though a surprise. Hawaii hopes to fend off invasion by coconut rhinoceros beetle 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z Newly formed mongoose groups have a mortality rate three times higher than that of established ones, and mongooses that encroach on neighboring groups are often met with violence. Pros of incest outweigh cons for mongooses 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z Materials relating to the story of Gef the talking mongoose are part of University of London's collection at the Senate House Library. In England, Researchers Investigate Case of the Talking Mongoose 2014-05-01T11:49:01Z Full-grown iguanas can defend themselves from mongooses, but iguana eggs are another story. Jamaican Iguana Conservation Program Marks 20 Years of Success, Faces Worries about Next 20 Years 2013-11-15T19:45:12.920Z It was like killing a mongoose that ate his mother’s chickens. Who Would Kill a Monk Seal? 2013-05-08T11:00:24Z For example, the lion’s diet consists largely a handful of ungulate species, while the white-tailed mongoose utilizes dozens of diverse food sources. Laikipia Plateau: What is a Mesopredator? 2013-02-17T17:45:00.253Z If you find yourself looking around the table over the holiday and thinking, “I can’t believe I’m related to these people,” just be glad you’re not a mongoose. Pros of incest outweigh cons for mongooses 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z Next, the mongoose—a small carnivore rarely seen in the British Isles because it is native to Southern Asia and Africa—allegedly recited simple nursery rhymes. In England, Researchers Investigate Case of the Talking Mongoose 2014-05-01T11:49:01Z After mother iguanas wandered away from their nests the invasive mongooses dined on iguana eggs and hatchlings. Jamaican Iguana Conservation Program Marks 20 Years of Success, Faces Worries about Next 20 Years 2013-11-15T19:45:12.920Z I’m interested to see whether hornbill sightings are a good indicator of finding dwarf mongoose at a given locality in this ecosystem. Laikipia Plateau: First Scouting Session 2013-02-09T01:15:00.230Z In 1972, The New York Times Magazine described him as “coiling and uncoiling in preparation for the occasional mongoose foolish enough to challenge him.” Marty Reisman, 82, Wizard of Table Tennis, Dies 2012-12-08T03:23:35Z Populations of the small, non-venomous snake suffered rapid declines after mongooses were introduced from India in the late 19th Century. Nature's big picture: Rarest snake 2012-07-10T08:54:37Z The mongoose, Mr. Irving said, would prowl around neighbors' properties, delivering gossip about them back to the Irvings. In England, Researchers Investigate Case of the Talking Mongoose 2014-05-01T11:49:01Z The Hellshire Hills areahad high populations of both mongooses and feral cats, both of which were taking their toll on iguana populations. Jamaican Iguana Conservation Program Marks 20 Years of Success, Faces Worries about Next 20 Years 2013-11-15T19:45:12.920Z The vegetation provides essential shade from the sun—we don’t want any crispy mongoose on our hands. Laikipia Plateau: First Scouting Session 2013-02-09T01:15:00.230Z In 1883 the mongooses were let loose in the fields, an approach that proved to be colossally uninformed. Green Blog: An Invader Advances in Hawaii 2012-06-11T17:07:36Z Through this research, we hope to understand how native species in this forest survive in the face of introduced species like rats and mongoose, introduced diseases like avian malaria and environmental challenges like climate change. Scientist at Work Blog: In the Kipuka, Birds Take Shelter 2012-05-23T15:36:08Z Gef became a minor media sensation, drawing hordes of journalists to the Isle of Man seeking a glimpse of this talking mongoose. In England, Researchers Investigate Case of the Talking Mongoose 2014-05-01T11:49:01Z Grant shared a series of camera-trap photos of a female iguana defending her rock nest against a mongoose, then getting bored and walking off. Jamaican Iguana Conservation Program Marks 20 Years of Success, Faces Worries about Next 20 Years 2013-11-15T19:45:12.920Z In 1872, humans introduced Indian mongooses to the islands with the intention of controlling rats. Green Blog: A Taxonomic Error, Reversed Decades Too Late 2012-05-02T11:17:39Z At this point, there is no way of knowing how many mongooses may be present on Kauai or how they arrived there. Green Blog: An Invader Advances in Hawaii 2012-06-11T17:07:36Z He liked to speak his mind, and he hated and mistrusted this thin Portuguese as a mongoose hates a snake. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z Over the next six hours, investigators discussed Gef, the alleged mongoose and the legend. In England, Researchers Investigate Case of the Talking Mongoose 2014-05-01T11:49:01Z An automated camera captured this image of a mongoose leaving a Jamaican iguana nest with an egg in its mouth. Jamaican Iguana Conservation Program Marks 20 Years of Success, Faces Worries about Next 20 Years 2013-11-15T19:45:12.920Z As so often happens when an alien species drops into a new environment, there were unforeseen consequences: the mongooses ran amuck and began gobbling up all of the skinks. Green Blog: A Taxonomic Error, Reversed Decades Too Late 2012-05-02T11:17:39Z The trapped mongoose, a mature male, was humanely euthanized before its body was sent off for testing, the group said. Green Blog: An Invader Advances in Hawaii 2012-06-11T17:07:36Z The day would come, and it was not far distant, when she would find that the mild-eyed mongoose was just as deadly as the cobra, and far more cunning. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z "The whole thing about a talking mongoose is a red herring," he says. In England, Researchers Investigate Case of the Talking Mongoose 2014-05-01T11:49:01Z While all of this was going on, additional steps were taken to control mongoose access to the iguana nesting sites. Jamaican Iguana Conservation Program Marks 20 Years of Success, Faces Worries about Next 20 Years 2013-11-15T19:45:12.920Z You bought me a mongoose because snakes are afraid of mongooses and now I have a dog because monkeys are afraid of dogs. In Kali's Country Tales from Sunny India 2012-02-17T03:00:28.697Z Sugar cane farmers took their cue from Jamaican plantation owners who imported mongooses to control rat populations. Green Blog: An Invader Advances in Hawaii 2012-06-11T17:07:36Z The small rodents and the mongoose delighted Peggy, and they would have stopped for ever watching the monkeys, and feeding them on nuts and biscuits, but Archie had other plans. A Terrible Tomboy 2012-01-21T03:00:07.003Z On a recent day, a lecture room in the imposing Art Deco building was filled with the world's pre-eminent authorities on a talking mongoose named Gef. In England, Researchers Investigate Case of the Talking Mongoose 2014-05-01T11:49:01Z A 10-kilometer circle of traps was set up, which catches mongooses “all the time,” Grant says. Jamaican Iguana Conservation Program Marks 20 Years of Success, Faces Worries about Next 20 Years 2013-11-15T19:45:12.920Z A mongoose, tied to a post of the veranda, had, for a moment, ceased to fret at his bondage and gone to sleep. In Kali's Country Tales from Sunny India 2012-02-17T03:00:28.697Z Kauai never introduced the mongoose, however, and so was spared much of the carnage. Green Blog: An Invader Advances in Hawaii 2012-06-11T17:07:36Z He replied promptly, "A mameluke is something like a mongoose, only larger." In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z Given the Irvings' descriptions, he says Gef was smaller than a mongoose, perhaps a weasel or a squirrel. In England, Researchers Investigate Case of the Talking Mongoose 2014-05-01T11:49:01Z Since mongooses a present throughout Jamaica it would be impossible to remove all of the mongooses from Hellshire Hills, but fewer now get into the nest sites. Jamaican Iguana Conservation Program Marks 20 Years of Success, Faces Worries about Next 20 Years 2013-11-15T19:45:12.920Z We had a mongoose too—a sly old grey creature that the men petted. Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z Like so many invasive species that now run amuck on islands around the world, mongooses were intentionally introduced to Hawaii. Green Blog: An Invader Advances in Hawaii 2012-06-11T17:07:36Z Two roe-deer were reported to have broken back, and several mongoose, or ichneumon, were also observed during these drives, but were always permitted to pass. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z The presiding Malay used to clap his brown hands with joy as he exclaimed—“Ah! sauvé good mongoose, sar, proper mongoose to kill de snake.” Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z Monkeys, mongooses, and even chameleons I managed to tame. O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas 2011-09-08T02:00:19.987Z But on board the saucy Venom, although Tom and I scorned to catch cockroaches like the big ape and the mongoose, we had fine fun at night fishing. Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z Today, mongooses continue to gobble their way through native nestlings and turtle eggs. Green Blog: An Invader Advances in Hawaii 2012-06-11T17:07:36Z Where they abound, one occasionally meets them walking quietly along a path, with their snout low down, and occasionally giving a kind of grunt like a mongoose. The Badger A Monograph 2011-07-25T02:00:12.053Z Her struggles to discover why meerkats play earned her a PhD in 2005, and she is currently obtaining lots of interesting, negative results from an habituated population of dwarf mongooses. So you think you know why animals play... 2011-05-17T16:15:00.220Z Such a bias should indeed be instinct in him in the same way as a golfer has a bias against bunkers, a terrier against rats, and a mongoose against snakes. The Law and the Poor 2011-05-07T02:00:30.390Z The motto of all the mongoose family is, "Run and find out"; and Rikki-tikki was a true mongoose. The jungle book 2011-05-02T02:00:19.467Z Lazell cited problems with the introduction of the mongoose on the island of Tortola, a species that he said was introduced from India to control the rat population. Green: Branson: A Man With an Island for Lemurs 2011-04-19T21:45:46Z Nothing would stir save perhaps for the rustle of a mongoose in the undergrowth. Just a mirage 2011-04-16T11:01:20Z But the Maasai honey harvesters do face some stiff competition - from mongooses. Sting in the tail? 2011-03-30T07:09:32Z We cannot kill the mongooses since they have a right to survive but we're devising ways to contain them. Sting in the tail? 2011-03-30T07:09:32Z He knew that mongooses in the garden meant death sooner or later for him and his family; but he wanted to get Rikki-tikki off his guard. The jungle book 2011-05-02T02:00:19.467Z By Tuesday morning, not only were the zoo’s reptile keepers seeking the cobra, but a Twitter mongoose and faux zookeeper were following it. | @BronxZoosCobra 2011-03-29T15:49:25Z An' Tacoma get a buggy, an' get Ratta for his Coachman, an' get a pair of brown-coloured mongoose to be the horse. Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes 2011-02-28T03:00:31.280Z They say that the mongooses raid the beehives at night and eat all the honey. Sting in the tail? 2011-03-30T07:09:32Z For example, it was once thought to be closely related to civets and their relatives, but genetic evidence suggests it is actually related to other Malagasy carnivores that together are related to mongooses. 'Weird' big predator threatened 2011-02-04T08:49:02Z The species is threatened by mongooses introduced to the islands to control poisonous snakes. Year of the threatened rabbit 2011-01-28T15:07:39Z More surprisingly, he brought three mongoose from Ceylon to Russia. Chekhov connection 2010-12-29T10:26:46Z The mongoose was introduced into Jamaica to kill the rats. Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes 2011-02-28T03:00:31.280Z However, the problem with the mongooses has not hampered the enthusiasm of Mr Matampash and his team which have now involved more than 600 Maasai in 31 community groups in honey harvesting. Sting in the tail? 2011-03-30T07:09:32Z But we all know the story of the mongoose, if not from wildlife programs then from Rudyard Kipling’s tale “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi.” Remarkable Creatures: Good to Be King in Snake-Eat-Snake World 2010-10-25T19:53:00Z And, if you look closely, behind his left shoulder, a stuffed cobra and a mongoose are locked in a death struggle. Tour de France 2010 diary: French fall out of love with Mark Cavendish 2010-07-10T23:05:00Z A mongoose skittered across the road, into the brush. Sports of The Times: In South Africa, Diversions Far From the Field 2010-07-02T00:11:00Z How the mongoose took instead to killing chickens has been often told. Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes 2011-02-28T03:00:31.280Z Because mongooses enjoy eating hard-shelled items like bird eggs and rhinoceros beetles, the rice-filled plastic eggs artificially simulated this. Observatory: The Mongoose Shows It Has Traditions, Too 2010-06-07T20:44:00Z How does the mongoose defeat the king cobra? Remarkable Creatures: Good to Be King in Snake-Eat-Snake World 2010-10-25T19:53:00Z The scientists also found a profusion of animal fossils at the site — saber-toothed cats, mongoose, wild dogs, antelopes, hyena and mice, among others. New Hominid Species, Au. Sediba, Discovered in South Africa 2010-04-08T15:14:00Z Similar interactions occur between warthogs and other animals such as banded mongooses. Warthog befriends hornbill 2010-02-26T10:39:00Z Unfortunately rats sleep in the day and the-277- mongoose sleeps at night, so they never met. Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes 2011-02-28T03:00:31.280Z The animals, along with wild dogs, bears, mongoose and other creatures, were photographed in the Jeypore-Dehing forests in Assam, a state in northeast India. Cats on Camera 2010-02-19T02:17:00Z The mongoose’s quick reflexes help it dodge the cobra’s defensive bite, and its powerful jaws can dispatch a snake in one blow. Remarkable Creatures: Good to Be King in Snake-Eat-Snake World 2010-10-25T19:53:00Z Similarly, the inhabitants of Jamaica, annoyed by the great profusion of rats in their island, sent over to India for a number of mongoose. The History of the European Fauna For example, banded mongooses remove ticks from warthogs, in what is believed by scientists to be the only symbiotic relationship between two mammal species. Warthog befriends hornbill 2010-02-26T10:39:00Z In the typical mongooses or ichneumons, Herpestes, the dental formula is i. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" There are two or three varieties of hares, and a species of jerboa and several genera of mongooses. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" But there are also genetic grounds for the mongoose’s courage. Remarkable Creatures: Good to Be King in Snake-Eat-Snake World 2010-10-25T19:53:00Z This latter has a pet mongoose coiled round his neck. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel The mongoose had destroyed the winged game, and there was neither hare nor rabbit, pig nor deer; not a wild animal to be hunted and killed. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses But the story of the ichneumon or mongoose is a fable. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Had he possessed the intuition of a mongoose, Mr. Stiffson would have known that there was a snake in his grass. Adventures of Bindle Sometimes an attacking mongoose is bitten, but it has another line of defense against the venom — its acetylcholine receptor has also evolved so that the cobra neurotoxin cannot bind to it. Remarkable Creatures: Good to Be King in Snake-Eat-Snake World 2010-10-25T19:53:00Z The mongoose, always keeping to the man's neck, erects every hair of its body like an angry cat, and chatters in its owner's ear. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel We had done with the gardens, and I remember no more of them except that I saw a mongoose stalking a flock of turkeys. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses The Ceylon cobra cannot cope with the mongoose, whose safety in a conflict with this reptile lies in its extraordinary activity. The Pearl of India Even to-day, in India, a mongoose, a species of weasel, is sometimes taken on expeditions by any one fearful of snakes, and kept at night in the tent as a protection against them. Of Six Mediæval Women To Which Is Added A Note on Mediæval Gardens A set of changes in the mongoose’s receptor makes it resemble the cobra’s own resistant receptor. Remarkable Creatures: Good to Be King in Snake-Eat-Snake World 2010-10-25T19:53:00Z The lamp for the opium-pipe is the only one in the room, and lights a scene as wild as anything in the witches' revel; the mongoose acting as the familiar spirit. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel There is neither furred game to hunt nor feathered game to shoot; the mongoose has eaten up the partridges. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses Captain No. 1 and I were commissioned to inquire into the mystery of the disappearance of that baleful mongoose. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) “Look here Murgie,” he said, “if you keep on crawling, you’ll crawl up on a mongoose one of these days, and those things have teeth.” The Missourian The mongoose has not yet learned to climb trees; the pressure of need is not yet great enough. Ways of Nature "Now you go," says the man with the mongoose. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel The English sparrow feeds on all sorts of things, and the East Indian mongoose, while it was introduced into Jamaica to kill snakes, was found, too late, to be also a very general feeder. Little Masterpieces of Science: The Naturalist as Interpreter and Seer In the middle of this square was the limp body of a deceased mongoose. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) The mongoose, a little animal between a ferret and a rat, is very useful; no well-kept house is without one. An Ohio Woman in the Philippines Giving personal experiences and descriptions including incidents of Honolulu, ports in Japan and China The rats in Jamaica have learned to nest in trees to escape the mongoose, but this is only the triumph of the instinct of self-preservation. Ways of Nature The smoking pellet is jammed into the tiny bowl of the thick, bamboo-stemmed pipe, and all speech ceases, except the unearthly chitter of the mongoose. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel The unfortunate introduction of the English sparrow into this country is mentioned, and the equally unfortunate introduction of the East Indian mongoose into the West Indies as well. Little Masterpieces of Science: The Naturalist as Interpreter and Seer Besides, the beasts, from Bahut the elephant to little Assam the mongoose, put in the whole day at practising the noises of complaint and uneasiness. It, and Other Stories The mongoose, in its home in India, is a great rat killer, but does not there increase so as to do much harm. Conservation Reader At one of the stations where my husband was quartered, snakes were very numerous, and we used to keep a mongoose in the house to destroy them. Norman Vallery or, How to Overcome Evil with Good A voice from the ground says, in tones of infinite weariness: "You take afim, so"—a long, long pause, and another kick from the man possessed of the devil—the mongoose. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel But I wanted a specimen of mongoose, and the artist offered to beat one end of the bush. Edge of the Jungle So, to save the other animals from being killed by the cobra, God made the mongoose. The Wonders of the Jungle Book One The dingo was tamed and used for hunting them, and then the mongoose was imported from India to kill them off. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania Then the mongoose man shows how his beast eats a snake's head—no trick about this! From Edinburgh to India & Burmah They consider the sight of a mongoose and of a light-grey pigeon or dove as lucky omens. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II In one of the main streets my attention was caught by the sight of a turbaned Indian who was sitting cross-legged putting on a show, pitting a cobra against a mongoose.�� Coming of Age: 1939-1946 Oh, what a sleepy old mongoose it is! Glyn Severn's Schooldays The mongoose is a small beast of prey of the Viverridæ family. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Creatures like monster rats—they were really mongooses—racing for their lives. Son of Power They keep the dried bodies of a variety of birds for medical purposes; mongoose, squirrels and flying-foxes they eat with avidity as articles of luxury. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II However, just as the mongoose of the bag-man's story was not a real mongoose, neither am I a real philosopher. The Opinions of a Philosopher Jane H. wants to know about the mongoose: what kind of snakes it kills; about sun-spots and their influence on the seasons. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 2, No. 5, February 3, 1898 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls Still more watchful is a cobra when he fights with a mongoose. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People The mongoose, brought in to destroy rats, and the myna bird, to devour insects, are themselves now beginning to be detrimental. Archeological Investigations Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76 I am fortunate in having actually seen a mongoose and a Rat put alive in a tub together, and the mongoose would not even look at the Rat. Full Revelations of a Professional Rat-catcher After 25 Years' Experience The motto of all the mongoose family is 'Run and find out'; and Rikki-tikki was a true mongoose. The Kipling Reader Selections from the Books of Rudyard Kipling One of the Doctor's favourite stories was an account of a terrific fight he saw in India, between a mongoose and a cobra. T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him "I brought out my mongoose, but the little rascal has left me." Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East Janamejaya said, 'Who was that mongoose with a golden head, that said all those words in a human voice? The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Then again, the Rats can smell a mongoose even more strongly than they can smell a cat. Full Revelations of a Professional Rat-catcher After 25 Years' Experience He was a mongoose, rather like a little cat in his fur and his tail, but quite like a weasel in his head and habits. The Kipling Reader Selections from the Books of Rudyard Kipling Some had faces like those of the mongoose, the owl, and the crow. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 He knows all about the mongoose, and seems to have an instinctive hatred of his little but mighty enemy. Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East Hearing these words of the mongoose, O king, all those foremost of Brahmanas became filled with wonder. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 So these facts prevent my recommending a mongoose on any account. Full Revelations of a Professional Rat-catcher After 25 Years' Experience When he revived, he was lying in the hot sun on the middle of a garden path, very draggled indeed, and a small boy was saying: 'Here's a dead mongoose. The Kipling Reader Selections from the Books of Rudyard Kipling The mongoose devours mice; the cat devours the mongoose; the dog devours the cat; the dog again is devoured by the spotted leopard. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 I had a tame mongoose, a sort of ichneumon. Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East Hear as I tell thee who that mongoose was and why he could assume a human voice. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 They ranged far and wide through all sorts of cover, seeking what they could find in the way of porcupines, mongoose, hares, birds, cats, and whatever else should interest any healthy-minded dog. African Camp Fires Our mongoose is killing a snake'; and Rikki-tikki heard a scream from Teddy's mother. The Kipling Reader Selections from the Books of Rudyard Kipling Clever in seizing their prey, though near, the mongoose and the owl felt unable to wean the mouse and the cat from that compact. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 The mongoose ran along ahead of the boys while Louis told what he knew about him. Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East Hence the invention about the transformation of the mongoose. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 But in wild Africa a nap is not healthy; so I drowsily watched the mongooses that had again come out of seclusion, and the monkeys, and the birds. African Camp Fires The eyes of the mongoose had not left me during the whole time that I was about my sad duty. Atlantida Indeed, beholding the cat and the mouse make that covenant for accomplishing their mutual ends, the mongoose and the owl both left that spot and went away to their respective abodes. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Louis declared that the mongoose was a friend worth having, and immediately made a bargain with the huntsman to procure him a couple of them, and send them to Calcutta. Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East Thus addressed by those regenerate persons, the mongoose, smiling, answered them as follows. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Two bush bucks plunged into the thicket as we approached, and fifteen or twenty mongooses sat up as straight and stiff as so many picket pins the better to see us. African Camp Fires So saying, she dropped the mongoose on my knees. Atlantida The weapon, approaching that being, disappeared within his body like a mongoose disappearing in its hole. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Khayrat invited the party to witness a battle between his mongoose and a couple of cobras his hunters had caught; and he killed them both, one at a time. Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East Having said those words unto all those foremost of Brahmanas, the mongoose disappeared from their sight. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 The mongoose approached the slippers again in a series of bounds, jumped around them, crouched, and then sprang into the air again. The Elephant God The mongoose had followed our footsteps and rejoined us. Atlantida That foe was none else than a restless mongoose of coppery eyes, of the name of Harita. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 I found one once, and brought out the mongoose. Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East It is difficult to resist the conviction that as much of this section as relates to the mongoose is an interpolation. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 The mongoose backed across the room, dragging the snake and with it the slipper. The Elephant God She spoke with tender eyes upon a young mongoose that gambolled at her feet. The Lamp in the Desert If I were to descend from this trap on the ground, without adequate precautions, the mongoose will surely seize and devour me. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 The snake writhes and struggles to get away, evidently badly scared at the prospect of an encounter with the mongoose; but the man succeeds in depositing him within his adversary's reach. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama There is also a mongoose, who pulled the cloth off the tea-table yesterday and ran away with all the cakes. Lady Connie The mongoose had pounced on one slipper and was shaking it savagely, beating it on the floor, rolling over and over and leaping into the air with it. The Elephant God In those tense seconds Scooter the mongoose by some means invisible became aware of the presence of the enemy. The Lamp in the Desert There are the mongoose and the owl, both waiting with evil intent. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 He bad promised me a fight between the mongoose and a snake, and before presenting his little brass bowl for backsheesh he holds out a four-foot snake toward the eager little animal at the stake. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama In his own sphere of influence,—India and the orient,—the mongoose is a fairly decent citizen, and he fits into the time-worn economy of that region. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation The mongoose stood still, then backed away with stiffened legs, its sharp teeth fixed in the neck of a small snake about ten inches long, which it was trying to drag out of the slipper. The Elephant God Her estates were given over to the agent for a time, finally to the mongoose. The Conqueror Beholding him thus ensconced within the body of the cat, the mongoose and the owl both became hopeless of seizing their prey. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Some eight or ten of the number—envied mortals—had seen "angels," but the majority, like the American in the mongoose story, had seen only "snakes." The Making of Religion His temper is so fierce that one "pet" mongoose has been known to kill a full grown male giant bustard, and put a greyhound to flight. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation The mongoose trotted forward for a few steps, then sat down and scratched itself. The Elephant God Besides civets and polecats, we caught mongooses, palm civets, and other carnivores. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China There are neither monkeys nor rabbits, but rats and mongooses infest the country and sometimes commit dreadful ravages in the sugar-cane. The History of Puerto Rico From the Spanish Discovery to the American Occupation Notice the following descriptions:— He was a mongoose, rather like a little cat in his fur and his tail, but quite like a weasel in his head and his habits. Composition-Rhetoric The last count in the indictment may seem hard to believe; but it is a fact that the Indian mongoose often resorts to fruit and vegetable food. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation "Why the deuce doesn't it pull the karait out?" said Dermot, bending down to look more closely, as the mongoose paused. The Elephant God Just then a neighbour sent a mongoose, who was her servant, to ask for a light. Folklore of the Santal Parganas The mongoose is very quick, but in some cases at least—I have mentioned one in the "African Game Trails"—it permits itself to be bitten by poisonous snakes, treating the bite with utter indifference. Through the Brazilian Wilderness A docile cat is preferable, a mongoose, or even a canary. From a Girl's Point of View It would require many pages to contain a full account of each introduction, awakening, reckoning of damages and payment of bounties for destruction that the fiendish mongoose has wrought out wherever it has been introduced. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation A slim-bodied, long-tailed mongoose, stealing across the road, stopped in the middle of it to rise up on his hind legs and stare with tiny pink eyes at the approaching elephants. The Elephant God While the Rānī was fetching a firebrand from the hearth the mongoose saw the mango and climbing up nibbled part of it without being seen. Folklore of the Santal Parganas There should be extensive experiments made to determine if there are species of mongoose immune to both cobra and viper poison. Through the Brazilian Wilderness I have bought them and received them as presents--wild cats, jackals, panthers, the wild dog, the two best lions now in the Zoological Gardens, monkeys innumerable and of all sorts, and mongoose. Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development The mongooses attacked the rats, cleaned them out, multiplied, and then looked about for more worlds to conquer. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation The mongoose, passing by them, turned to smell them. The Elephant God In due time the seven Rānīs each gave birth to a son: but the son of the youngest Rānī was the most beautiful with a face like a mongoose. Folklore of the Santal Parganas He goes about with one fangless cobra, one rock snake, and one miserable mongoose, strangling at the end of a string. An Essence of the Dusk, 5th Edition I settled down to an article about the Chinese situation in the Century, and Sadie Kate roamed about at large examining everything she found, like a curious little mongoose. Dear Enemy I am told that up to date the damage done by the mongoose far exceeds the value of the benefit it once conferred, but the total has not been computed. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation The motto of all the mongoose family is "Run and find out," and Rikki-tikki was a true mongoose. The Jungle Book When the six sons of the elder wife grew up, they used to jeer at their mongoose brother and his mother, so the Raja sent his second wife to live in a separate house. Folklore of the Santal Parganas His progress through the train resembled that of a mongoose turned loose in new quarters. The Spread Eagle and Other Stories Walter caught a mongoose and brought him in with much triumph. From One Generation to Another Up to this date, the mongoose has invaded and become a destructive pest in Barbadoes, Jamaica, Cuba, St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Trinidad, Nevis, Fiji and all the larger islands of the Hawaiian group. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Rikki-tikki woke up with a jump, for the mongooses are light sleepers. The Jungle Book The Mongoose boy could talk like any man but he never grew bigger than an ordinary mongoose and his name was Lelsing. Folklore of the Santal Parganas We found there the mongoose, but little larger than a squirrel; an animal almost as intelligent as the monkey, but far more interesting and attractive. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale Alarmed, the red ants flew out to do battle, and in their haste bit a mongoose. Filipino Popular Tales Every country that now is without the mongoose will do well to shut and guard diligently all the doors by which it might be introduced. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation With this intent he repaired to the garden with all the apparatus of his art, his flat snake baskets, his mongoose and his crooked pipe. Concerning Animals and Other Matters The Rājā then cut down the bamboo and out of it stepped the mongoose boy who told of the illtreatment which he had received at the hands of the six Rānīs and their sons. Folklore of the Santal Parganas It didn't seem exactly a reason for fervent gladness, but suppose they had been mongooses? Olivia in India The mongoose ran into a vine of wild fruit, and shook several pieces of it on the head of a hermit, who sat thinking under a tree. Filipino Popular Tales The fierce temper, indomitable courage and vaulting appetite of the mongoose would make its actual introduction in any of the warm portions of the United States a horrible calamity. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation At the time of my stay at the Park it housed a wild boar, a civet-cat, a leopard, a Shikra bird, a jackal, three mongooses and several owls and eagles with broken wings. Free from School Thus the wicked were punished and the mongoose boy eventually succeeded to his father’s kingdom. Folklore of the Santal Parganas It is nice of you to say I have a courageous outlook on life, but I wish I hadn't told you the story of the mongoose that was an otter. Olivia in India For his crest, the little child should share in the "motto given to the mongoose family, in Kipling's Rikki-Tikki, 'Run and find out.'" The Child under Eight The mongoose can live wherever a rat can live, provided it can get a fair amount of animal food. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Under the hedge of a garden somebody's tame mongoose is devouring the head of a cobra. From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan So one day when the young princes met him at the tank they killed the mongoose boy and buried his body. Folklore of the Santal Parganas "I know," said the owner of the box, tapping his precious package gently, "I know that delirium-tremens snakes are only imaginary snakes, but this is only an imaginary mongoose." Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers How sorry I am you did not see my mongoose. Letters of Anton Chekhov But one of the excited servants, stealing up, had released a little mongoose, which now bravely darted upon its deadly enemy. A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story The rabbit's natural enemy in England is the poacher, in Bluff its natural enemy is the stoat, the weasel, the ferret, the cat, and the mongoose. Following the Equator, Part 4 By his first wife he had six sons, but the second wife bore only one son and he was born as a mongoose. Folklore of the Santal Parganas "Why, a mongoose is a little animal we use for killing snakes." Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers My greetings to all, even the mongooses, though they don't deserve it. Letters of Anton Chekhov Then or later it is thought he took to the trees to escape his enemies, as the rats in Jamaica have taken to the trees to escape the mongoose. Time and Change In England the poacher is watched, tracked, hunted—he dare not show his face; in Bluff the cat, the weasel, the stoat, and the mongoose go up and down, whither they will, unmolested. Following the Equator, Part 4 No one would employ a mongoose, and Lelsing was in despair, for he had very little money. Folklore of the Santal Parganas "Oh, I see—but what is a mongoose?" Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers My nicest and most intelligent mongoose had fallen ill and was lying very quietly under a quilt. Letters of Anton Chekhov When a house changes hands in Rajputana there pass with it, as well as the rats and cobras and the mongoose, those beggars who were wont to plague the former owner. Guns of the Gods Is it what they call the mongoose, or monsoon, or something? Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose No matter how venomous the snake, the ichneumon, or mongoose, goes straight at him, and never gives up the contest until the snake is vanquished. Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon Now, from what you tell me, the negro had just come from the direction of Diana’s Grove, carrying the dead snakes which the mongoose had killed the previous morning. Lair of the White Worm My mongoose has recovered and breaks crockery again with unfailing regularity. Letters of Anton Chekhov I wish you and him health and prosperity, and above all that the mongoose should not break the crockery or tear the wall-paper. Letters of Anton Chekhov In the other box the new mongoose lay dead, with every appearance of having been strangled! Lair of the White Worm A mongoose is about three feet long from the nose to the tip of the tail, and is of the same genus as the civet cat. Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon I ask you because one ancient name of the house lived in by the lady who was attacked by the mongoose was ‘The Lair of the White Worm.’ Lair of the White Worm A sportsman with dogs found him on this side of the Oka in a quarry; if there had not been a crevice in the quarry the dogs would have torn the mongoose to pieces. Letters of Anton Chekhov Adam had gone for an early morning survey of the place in which he was interested, taking with him the mongoose in its box. Lair of the White Worm As he was passing Diana’s Grove, he looked in on the short avenue of trees, and noticed the snakes killed on the previous morning by the mongoose. Lair of the White Worm “May it not be that a mongoose may have merely the instinct to attack, that nature does not allow or provide him with the fine reasoning powers to discriminate who he is to attack?” Lair of the White Worm He could not see the mongoose, so he asked her where it had gone. Lair of the White Worm The mongoose ran away the day before yesterday, and will never come back again. Letters of Anton Chekhov When Adam got back to the carriage, carefully carrying the box with the mongoose, Sir Nathaniel said: “Hullo! what have you got there?” Lair of the White Worm Some sinister influence has been at work, and I admit that I have suspected Lady Arabella—that is why I questioned you so closely about the mongoose and its strange attack upon Lady Arabella. Lair of the White Worm The mongoose had by this time become accustomed to him, and was willing to let himself be handled freely. Lair of the White Worm The other mongoose—the one from Nepaul—was safely locked in his own box, but he lay quiet and did not stir. Lair of the White Worm We have just caught a frog and given it to the mongoose. Letters of Anton Chekhov “Mongoose,” said Adam, and then added explanatorily: “I was out with the mongoose just after three.” Lair of the White Worm Why, a mongoose, to tackle a monster like that—if there were one—would have to be bigger than a haystack.” Lair of the White Worm Adam looked carefully at the mongoose box as the African went by, and was glad to see that it was intact. Lair of the White Worm Baffled by the killing of the mongoose, he looked around for another line to follow. Lair of the White Worm I shan't bring you any presents, as you don't write to me about the summer villa and the mongoose. Letters of Anton Chekhov Adam noticed, with surprised amusement, that over his shoulder was the box with the mongoose. Lair of the White Worm He got from Ross several more mongooses, including a second king-cobra-killer, which he generally carried with him in its box whenever he walked out. Lair of the White Worm When Adam got home, he put the mongoose in his box, and locked the door of the room. Lair of the White Worm When dusk had fallen, Adam took the new mongoose—not the one from Nepaul—and, carrying the box slung over his shoulder, strolled towards Diana’s Grove. Lair of the White Worm The mongoose has run away into the woods and has not come back. Letters of Anton Chekhov Having locked the door behind them, Adam opened the packing-case where the boxes of the two mongooses were locked up. Lair of the White Worm “Is the killing of a mongoose—no matter by whom—so serious a thing as all that?” Lair of the White Worm When Ross heard what was wanted, he asked: “Do you want something special, or will an ordinary mongoose do?” Lair of the White Worm To his intense astonishment the mongoose allowed her to pet him, take him up in her arms and fondle him. Lair of the White Worm The mongoose has broken a jar of jam, and so on, and so on. Letters of Anton Chekhov Lady Arabella looked more than ever disdainful and was passing on; the mongoose jumped at her in a furious attack. Lair of the White Worm On the stone steps outside stood Oolanga, with the mongoose box slung over his shoulder. Lair of the White Worm |
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