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Photo of the Day #371: Ring-tailed Mongoose
Category: Mammals • Photography
Posted on: October 15, 2008 6:17 AM, by Brian Switek
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Those critters are lovely. I saw a few of them not too long ago, in the Paris zoo. They're on a kind of island that looks like a cracked rock. They were running around all the time, and they really looked like they were studying the place in order to find a way to escape. I'm sure they are smart.
Posted by: Christophe Thill | October 15, 2008 1:14 PM
Awesome!!!
Posted by: Mo Hassan | October 16, 2008 11:12 AM