I've got Haitan eggs!

[Lasiodora]

No Prob Atrax. Thanks for pointing it out.
Paul, the little guy surprised the hell out of me when I saw it (I had just released a snake, my father found, in that same spot. It probably ended up as mongoose food). I wasn't expecting to see a mongoose out there. I wander if these guys include tarantulas and centepedes in their diet. I did use a zoom. It was an automatic olympus camera.
Mike

 

[Cooper]

Ditto what he said, I thought the log was what I was supposed to be looking at. Nice pic.

 

[phoenixxavierre]

Originally posted by Lasiodora
Paul, the little guy surprised the hell out of me when I saw it (I had just released a snake, my father found, in that same spot. It probably ended up as mongoose food). I wasn't expecting to see a mongoose out there. I wander if these guys include tarantulas and centepedes in their diet. I did use a zoom. It was an automatic olympus camera.
Mike

Mike,

About how big was the little guy? I know they eat rats, mice, birds, bird eggs and insects like big fat cockroaches, and snakes, so I imagine they could very well eat centipedes. Isn't the mongoose known for preying on venomous snakes? They're quick, so maybe they can take a pede without getting bit? Tarantulas and probably anything else small enough for them to munch on would probably be fair game in their diet.

Paul

 

[phoenixxavierre]

Here's a link about the Indian mongoose. It shows centipedes make up a small portion of their diet.

http://www.barbadosbirds.com/mongoose.html

Is this the same one placed in Haiti and DR?

 

[Lasiodora]

Yep,
That's the same one. It was placed there for the same reason as in Barbados. For the control of the rat population. The sad thing is that I don't think there are any programs in place to eradicate non-native fauna. Oh, and he was about the size of a pet trade ferret.
Mike