Mongoose

Part 3 of a sequence of images of a relaxed Brown Mongoose walking beside a lane, Sri Lanka.

Part 4 of a sequence of images of a relaxed Brown Mongoose walking beside a lane, Sri Lanka.

Part 5 of a sequence of images of a relaxed Brown Mongoose walking beside a lane, Sri Lanka.

A sequence of images of a relaxed Brown Mongoose (Herpestes fuscus) walking beside a lane, Sri Lanka.
Mongoose are not timid, but they are usually wary of humans.

Ruddy Mongoose (Herpestes smithii) approaches a tree trunk. Sri Lanka.

Ruddy Mongoose (Herpestes smithii) sniffs a tree trunk. Sri Lanka.

Ruddy Mongoose (Herpestes smithii) busy doing what Ruddy Mongoose do. Sri Lanka.

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Part 1 of a sequence of images of a relaxed Brown Mongoose (Herpestes fucus) walking beside a lane, Sri Lanka.

Part 2 of a sequence of images of a relaxed Brown Mongoose (Herpestes fucus) walking beside a lane, Sri Lanka.

Part 3 of a sequence of images of a relaxed Brown Mongoose (Herpestes fucus) walking beside a lane, Sri Lanka.

Part 4 of a sequence of images of a relaxed Brown Mongoose (Herpestes fucus) walking beside a lane, Sri Lanka.

Part 5 of a sequence of images of a relaxed Brown Mongoose (Herpestes fucus) walking beside a lane, Sri Lanka.

Part 6 of a sequence of images of a relaxed Brown Mongoose (Herpestes fucus) walking beside a lane, Sri Lanka.

Ruddy Mongoose (Herpestes smithii) approaches a tree trunk. Sri Lanka.

Ruddy Mongoose (Herpestes smithii).

Brown Mongoose (Herpestes fucus) behind a sun-lounger, Jetwing Vil Uyana, near Sigiriya.

Brown Mongoose (Herpestes fucus), Elephant Corridor Resort, also near Sigiriya.

Sri Lanka. So much more than you can see in a lifetime.