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bivouacchillin.bsky.social
Can't believe its been a week since the last #MongooseMonday
July 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
bivouacchillin.bsky.social
#MongooseMonday huh? Well, let's make it a good one
Juvenile mongoose riding on mother's back
June 16, 2025 at 12:25 PM
bivouacchillin.bsky.social
Introducing: #MongooseMonday
Mongoose mother grooming her pup
May 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
bivouacchillin.bsky.social
#MongooseMonday get those horizontal pupils scanning this week
July 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
bivouacchillin.bsky.social
That epic moment when it's #MongooseMonday
June 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
bivouacchillin.bsky.social
Motherfuckin' #MongooseMonday
Mongoose. Note the slit pupils
June 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM
bivouacchillin.bsky.social
The week is a cobra but it's #MongooseMonday. Go out there and kill it!
July 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
bivouacchillin.bsky.social
#MongooseMonday: Know Your Mongooses
July 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM
bivouacchillin.bsky.social
#MongooseMonday get ya bands up
Banded Mongoose
August 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
bivouacchillin.bsky.social
Wake up! Stand up! It's #MongooseMonday
Yellow mongoose standing upright
June 2, 2025 at 1:28 PM
bivouacchillin.bsky.social
Oh yeah. #MongooseMonday of a 4 day work week let's get it
June 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM
bivouacchillin.bsky.social
#MongooseMonday. Let's have a good ass week everyone
August 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
bivouacchillin.bsky.social
#MongooseMonday Flip-o-rama. Rapidly flip between these two images to simulate watching a mongoose run at high speed
September 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
andyradford.bsky.social
🌟Hurrah for #MongooseMonday🌟

The rich vocal repertoire of dwarf mongooses includes calls to:

Warn of danger: dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
Recruit help: dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...
Announce sentinel duty:
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

Caller id affects how receivers respond.

#animalcommunication #mammals
Dwarf mongoose on sentinel duty in South Africa. Dwarf mongoose emerging from a termite mound.
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
bivouacchillin.bsky.social
#MongooseMonday go out there and kill the cobra that is your daily tasks
Dramatic moment right before mongoose kills a cobra
August 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
andyradford.bsky.social
#MongooseMonday is here again 🎉

Dwarf mongooses track what their groupmates are up to in the day using #vocal cues, altering their #grooming in the evening.

They reward helpful hounds (doi.org/10.1073/pnas...) & shun bullies (doi.org/10.7554/eLif...)

#bioacoustics #mammals #cooperation #conflict
Experimental evidence for delayed contingent cooperation among wild dwarf mongooses | PNAS
Many animals participate in biological markets, with strong evidence existing for immediate cooperative trades. In particular, grooming is often ex...
doi.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
andyradford.bsky.social
🌟 #MongooseMonday is upon us! 🌟

In dwarf mongoose groups, who provides #information matters.

More experienced individuals are 'trusted' the most: doi.org/10.1093/behe...

New group members take time to settle in: doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...

#acousticcommunication #mammals #fieldwork #experiments
Dwarf mongoose on sentinel duty in South Africa. Photo by Shannon Benson. Dwarf mongoose on sentinel duty in South Africa. Photo by Shannon Benson.
December 1, 2025 at 4:14 PM
andyradford.bsky.social
Welcome to #MongooseMonday for all the info & pictures you didn't realise you needed!

Dwarf mongooses are Africa's smallest carnivore - upright, adults are the size of a 500 ml bottle; pups are tiny bundles of fun.

Thanks #MartinAveling for the drawing & @josharbon.bsky.social for the photo.
Dwarf mongoose drawing by wildlife artist Martin Aveling. Dwarf mongoose pups emerging from the burrow.
October 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
andyradford.bsky.social
It's #MongooseMonday 🎉

Dwarf mongooses are #cooperativebreeders, living in groups of 3-20 with a dominant breeding pair & helpers of both sexes.
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...

We study a South African population habituated to our close presence & trained to weigh themselves!
#fieldwork #social #behaviour
Dwarf mongoose group in South Africa. Habituated wild dwarf mongoose staring into a camera. Habituated wild dwarf mongoose on a balance scale weighing itself.
November 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
rebeccam31.bsky.social
I also declare today #MongooseMonday. Here is an array of mongooses I’ve seen: #SmallIndianMongoose from #Hawaii, two pics of the #RuddyMongoose from #SriLanka, and #StripeNeckedMongoose (also called #KingMongoose He’s huge!) from Sri Lanka. #mongoose #wildlifephotography #photography #EastCoastKin
A small, sleek mongoose crouches in front of some spiky foliage. A mongoose is perpendicular to the camera lens with its head turned in profile, displaying its tiny ears and sharp nose. Close up of the head of the ruddy mongoose. It has variegated fur and clear amber-colored eyes. A large mongoose walking away turns its head back to bare sharp teeth. Its head is gray and its nose is pink.
February 16, 2026 at 11:20 AM
andyradford.bsky.social
#MongooseMonday time 👏

Dwarf mongooses battle rival #groups for #territory space

Intergroup #conflict drives changes in #behaviour (doi.org/10.1098/rspb...)

Surprisingly, intergroup threat is positively related to #reproductive success (doi.org/10.1098/rspb...)

#bioacoustics #mammals #war
Extended and cumulative effects of experimentally induced intergroup conflict in a cooperatively breeding mammal | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Conflict between rival groups is rife in nature. While recent work has begun exploring the behavioural consequences of this intergroup conflict, studies have primarily considered just the 1–2 h immedi...
doi.org
November 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
andyradford.bsky.social
This #MongooseMonday, some brilliant folk:

@juliekern.bsky.social: set up the Dwarf Mongoose Research Project & co-ran it for 7 years; Masters, PhD, PDRA

#AmyMorris-Drake: RA, Masters & PhD, PDRA; co-managed for 6 years

@josharbon.bsky.social: Masters, PDRA, database guru

#amazing #priceless
Dr Julie Kern with some of the wild dwarf mongooses that she habituated to her close presence in South Africa. Dr Amy Morris-Drake with a habituated wild dwarf mongoose in South Africa. Dr Josh Arbon at a termite mound in South Africa with dwarf mongooses.
December 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
bivouacchillin.bsky.social
Another #MongooseMonday. Hold me, dear brother
August 18, 2025 at 2:49 PM