peek·a·boo
It's hard to get a clear shot of a mongoose (Herpestes javanicus) as they are so wary and shy. This one popped its head up for a second to see if anything was out there. This was seen at a resort near Punaluu Black Sand Beach on the Big Island of Hawaii.
Info: Mongoose are opportunistic feeders that will eat birds, small mammals, reptiles, insects, fruits, and plants. They prey on the eggs and hatchlings of native ground nesting birds and endangered sea turtles. The small Indian mongoose has been blamed with the extinction of ground-nesting birds in Jamaica and Fiji and commonly kill birds, including 8 federally listed endangered Hawaiian birds, such as the Hawaiian crow (‘alalā), petrels (ʻuʻau) and Hawaiian goose (nēnē). It was estimated in 1999 that mongoose cause $50 million in damages to Hawai`i and Puerto Rico annually. > dlnr.hawaii.gov/hisc/info/invasive-species-profiles/mongo...
peek·a·boo
It's hard to get a clear shot of a mongoose (Herpestes javanicus) as they are so wary and shy. This one popped its head up for a second to see if anything was out there. This was seen at a resort near Punaluu Black Sand Beach on the Big Island of Hawaii.
Info: Mongoose are opportunistic feeders that will eat birds, small mammals, reptiles, insects, fruits, and plants. They prey on the eggs and hatchlings of native ground nesting birds and endangered sea turtles. The small Indian mongoose has been blamed with the extinction of ground-nesting birds in Jamaica and Fiji and commonly kill birds, including 8 federally listed endangered Hawaiian birds, such as the Hawaiian crow (‘alalā), petrels (ʻuʻau) and Hawaiian goose (nēnē). It was estimated in 1999 that mongoose cause $50 million in damages to Hawai`i and Puerto Rico annually. > dlnr.hawaii.gov/hisc/info/invasive-species-profiles/mongo...