#dwarf mongoose

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A dwarf mongoose (Helogale parvula) in Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania

by ted smith

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Dwarf mongoose - Helogale parvula

Taken October 12th, 2024, London Zoo

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Common Dwarf Mongoose Helogale parvula

10/7/2023 San Diego Zoo, California

A pair of mongooses having a little scuffle. They're so fun to watch!

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Three dwarf mongoose

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I loved watching large animals, and the birds were a revelation, but every single day I hoped to see dwarf mongoose, Africa's smallest carnivorous mammal. Dwarf mongooses live in groups and eat insects and other very small creatures. Full grown, their bodies are 6-9 inches long plus a longish tail, and they weigh 7-12 ounces.

They are quite common across East and central Africa, and I did see some, but generally they were at a distance, or running. So I was very happy when I headed back to my tent on the last full day of the trip to see a group of them in the rocks around the deck.

They stayed in sight for about an hour, and I was just surpassingly happy to watch them hunt for insects and peek over the edge of the deck. The world is an amazing place sometimes.

Masai Mara, Kenya, July 2023.

[godblessyoublackemperor]

[lunarlotuscove]

Dwarf mongoose are absolutely frickin adorable

Sunday April 21st 2024 5:03pm

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let's loaf with mama

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Dwarf mongoose, Londolozi por flowcomm

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Banded mongoose (Mungos mungo), family Herpestidae (mongooses)

Like other species of mongoose, banded mongooses have horizontally oriented oblong pupils. These pupils offer a wide field of view, and presumably help them spot potential dangers.

Dierenpark Zie-ZOO, taken June 2024

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Episode 130: The Bell Witch

This time Cody tells Garth about a legend from Tennessee, a tale of poltergiest-like shenanigans, Gef The Mongoose akin mischief, and MURDER? Hear the tale of The Bell Witch. "The Most Documented Haunting in history"*  Also take a trip to Garth's Corner to learn about Barnard's Star! 

* "Most" is a relative term...

As always, please come join the episode discussion on the Least Haunted Discord!

Enjoy the images and videos below!

Historical marker in Adams, Tennessee

Modern Replica of The Bell House

This kind of rough hewn log home was common on the frontier in those days as well as along Appalachia and The Smokey Mountains. It is called a "Dog Trot". Note that on the bottom floor there is a corridor open on both sides that separates the two sides.

Book from the Cody Franks personal Library

This is all that remains from the last "original structure" on the farm. So not a part of the original house, but contemporary. Note that it would be made up of one of the sides of the Dog Trot. It was relocated to The Adams School in Adams Tennessee in the 1980's. Nothing remains on the Bell farm from the time of the Bell Witch Story.

The "first" time the story appeared in print was this book by Martin Van Buren Ingram in 1891.

It contained many exaggerated and inspire pictures from the tale... "The family slave Dean encounters a black two headed dog on his way home from visiting his wife." The Bell family owned slaves. A fact of the story that provided cultural context to the events and setting. The slavery is usually brushed under the rug, or politely ignored by most paranormal fans who talk about this story. But not with us! Fuck slavery! And fuck slave owners- that includes wage-slavers too!

Another illustration depicts Dean being turned into a mule by the witch and onother spirit. This, as far as I know, never really happened. Or if it did, he got better.

"Elizabeth Bell and her siblings see a girl in green swinging from a tree" One of the insighting incidents in the Bell Witch saga.

Young Elizabeth "Betsy" Bell. Around 13 when the events began. She became a particular target of the witch and suffered physical attacks.

It was claimed that the hauntings of the Bell Witch became so famous that Andrew "Genocidal Slave-Owning Piece of Shit" Jackson himself came to witness it. This is a complete fabrication. But he is still a Genocidal Slave-Owning Piece of Shit. That is verifiable fact.

Headstone of John Bell, allegedly killed by the Bell Witch

In 2001, Austin Peay State University Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Dr. Meagan Mann came up with a theory that could partially explain the death of John Bell in 1820 at the hands of the Witch.

In the 20th century The Bell Witch Cave became a part of the legend. An actual limestone Karst on one corner of what once was the Bell Farm, it is claimed now to be the source of the haunting, or maybe just where "Kate" liked to go when not tormenting the Bell Family. It is now a privately owned tourist attraction and you can visit it. Info can be found here: https://www.bellwitchcave.com/.

The community of Red River, Tennessee where the Bell Witch legend transpired eventually became Adams, Tennessee. That is where Kate, the Bell Witch has become the source of much prosperity in the form of tourism.

The legend became widely known again in 2006 with the movie "An American Haunting" being based on it.

GARTH'S CORNER! GARTH'S CORNER! GARTH'S CORNER!

Einstein at Yerkes Observatory.

MAIL BAG!

Two letters from.. Gef the Mongoose?

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A common dwarf mongoose (Helogale parvula) amongst the grass in Kruger National Park, South Africa

by Bernard Dupont

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Common Dwarf Mongoose | copper

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Dwarf Mongoose Helogale parvula

3/5/2023 San Diego Zoo, California

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Southern Yellow-Billed Hornbill, I think

Mongoose uses stealth