The clue's in the name!

Banded mongoose gets their cute name from the highly visible dark stripes or bands that run down the entire length of their back. They are very sociable and live in groups of 40 individuals. These helps them in many ways like, when attacked by predators and also, makes it easier to collect more food. It’s ideal home is an old, disused termite mound because it has many entrances and exits, and with this they never feel trapped in and have plenty of air holes.

These quite nomadic little creatures, like to move around from place to place. They never spend more than three or four days in any one place. If they can’t find shelter they form into a tight group with all their heads facing outwards.

Banded mongoose can be seen eating ticks off warthogs, which also

indicates a mutual-benefit between the two. The warthogs get cleaned and the mongoose gets to eat. Once the pups are old enough to look for food themselves, they are individually cared for by an escort who teaches the pup how to forage and also keeps them safe.
Banded certainly have a varied diet. Frogs, snakes, fruit, eggs, beetles, ants, crickets, termites, centipedes, grasshoppers, caterpillars, earwigs, lizards and even small rodents are all on the menu. They also have predators like birds of prey, wild dogs, jackals, hyenas and snakes. The banded mongoose also gives birth but it varies, a litter of between two and six pups is usual, with the average set at four. After four weeks the pups are ready to look for food themselves. Do they make a noise? Yes they do, they constantly ‘chatter’ to each other throughout the day.

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