Mongoose on the loose...

[MJ224]

An introduced mammal to Hawaii....

[blu-by-u]

Are you doing some form of stacking?

[MJ224]

No.......?

[blu-by-u]

The foreground looks like stack multiple exposure

[MJ224]

Just close to the grass level Henry. It was a grab shot, and my host said, look there's a mongoose. I had to turn around, switch on the camera, and press the shutter. The actual mongoose is slightly OOF alas...

[Gate Keeper]

Where you see one, there will be a family of Mongoose not far away. You did well Mark to take the shot. Thank you so very much for sharing.

Have a wonderful Christmas in Hawaii

[BDennis]

Well caught. Do they trap the mongooses? I read they were introduced to predate rats that eat the sugar cane crops. But the rats are mostly nocturnal and the mongoose are day predators so mostly go for the native wildlife and bird eggs etc. The usual story with human colonisation. Have a great time there!

Bill

[Melaka]

That's certainly what seems to have happened in Antigua where the mongoose eliminated the harmless racer snake except on some off lying islands.

[MJ224]

Yes Bill. The mongoose is now (always was) an invasive species, doing a lot of harm to the bird and other wildlife...https://allthatsinteresting.com/mongoose-in-hawaii

We have seen several in our two + weeks here. Goats are another invasive species, they come to the swimming pool to drink..