Ligama
Water Mongoose (Atilax paludinosus)Kutiveta Kwayo
Ngebudze bayo lobuphelele lobungu 800 kuya ku 1000mm, le mongoose yinkhulu futsi inemphilo lenhle lenkhulu. Ine mass lesemkhatsini wa 2.5 kuya ku 4.2 wema kg. imisila yawo ingu 300 kuya ku 410 mm budze. Imibala yesikhumba sato insundvu loyinyifomu nemphumulo lekhanyakhanyako. Imitimba yato mifishane lomsila uvalwe tinwele letindze. Tindlebe ticindzeteleke enhloko. Tinebucopho lobukhulu lenendzawo lencane levikele lomtimba wayo.
Ingcondvo yato lenkhulu ihlalelene nalokutsintsako kwetinyawo tangembili. Letitinchazelo tikhomba lesisilwane lesikhulela emantini kutsi sibone futsi sidle tinkhala kanye naletinye tilwane letinesikhumba lesicinile. Ematinyo ato ajwayele kuluma tindzawo leticinile temfishi, kunekutsi tigamule. Ngiso kuphela lesinetinyawo letingakakhungeki kepha letivulekile. Lena ndlela iveta lobu spoor lobuhlukile.
Kudla Kwayo
Idla tilwane lokukhula ngaphansi kwemanti njengetinkhala, timfishi ngalesinye sikhatsi neticoco iyatidla. Tilwane letiphila ngetulu kwemhlaba njengemagundvwane lamakhulu, idassie kanye ne duiker lelihlata sasibhakabhaka tiketa tavetwa kakhulu emabhukwini kutsi tiyincenye yekudla kwema mongoose, kepha akwatiwa nomabetisuke tifile noma tibulewe ngiwo ema mongoose emanti.Kwakhiwa
Letinsikati titala ngamabili lamancane bese langetulu kwalinye angavela ngesikhatsi. Letincane ticala kudla emva kwenyanga yinye, emehlo ato netindlebe kuvuleka emva kwemalanga lalishumi. Kuncane lokwatiwako ngekutiphatsa kwayo nayihlanganisiwe, kepha kuyatiwa kutsi tihlangana kabili ngemnyaka, kanye emkhatsini kwesikhatsi sesomiso bese nangesikhatsi setimvula. Letinsikati tilungisa tilulu tetjani lobomile emgodzini.
Uma kute imigodzi lekhona etindzaweni letinemantana,leletincane tikhuliselwa etilulwini temhlanga, tjani kanye netindvuku. Kusukha kulamatsatfu lamancane labhaliwe. Ngalesinye sikhatsi njengeyesibili kulendzala iyaye iphekeletele umndeni. Lamancane avama kulunyulwa bese ayehlukana netindzawo latalelwe kuto emva kwetinyanga letimbalwa.
Kutiphatsa Kwawo
Tihlala titodvwa etindzaweni, tilwane letibasemantini bese tiyaluka ngaphandle ebusuku. Ema Marsh mongooses ahlala kakhulu etindzaweni at obese alandzela tindledlana letitsambile letentiwe kahle. Letindledlana tivama kulandzela imifula noma tindledlana telwandle, kakhulu tifihlwa tjani lobudze kanye nemhlanga lohlangene. Kubamba inyoni, imongoose ilala nelimuva layo ibonakale ungatsi itsamele lilanga.
Ngalesisimo, lingemuva layo lelikhanya kancane, lelipinki licabangeka limangalisa ngekuvela kwayo nayibhekene neboya lobumnyama. Lenandlela ibonakala yenta tinyoni kutsi tivele bese tiyakofoya langemuva, kantsi lapho lemongoose ibese iyatibamba letinyoni. Uma afikelwa simo lesetfusako, le mongoose yenta umsindvo lomncane wekuhhongahhonga, longakhuliswa kukhonkhotsa ngelivi lelikhulu. Uma lemongoose icindzetelwe noma ivaleleke ekoneni, ikhokha lokumanti lokunsundvu ngasetibunu tayo. Ema mongoose enta kukhala lokusetulu bese avula umlomo nakajabulile. Avama kubonakala awodvwa. Atsandza indzawo yawo kakhulu, naletindzawo tayo tentiwe tabanemkhatsi.