Yellow mongooses foraging
Yellow mongooses (Cynictis penicillata) foraging. The yellow mongoose is a social mammal that inhabits savannah and scrub in southern Africa. It lives in extended family groups in complex burrows, emerging during the day to forage for food. The mongoose feeds mainly on insects, but can also take a wide variety of prey, including small mammals, birds and their eggs, reptiles and vegetation. Filmed in Struisbaai, in the Overberg region of the Western Cape, South Africa.