This is the heartbreaking scene as mongooses take turns tearing a baby hare apart – showing no mercy to the little one.
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Dwarf mongooses are gregarious animals living in family groups and adhering to hierarchy. The alpha male and female are generally in charge, but this varies from circumstance to habitat to food resources. These creatures generally eat snakes, eggs, and insects and may eat rodents – but are not known to attack animals bigger than them. That in itself makes this sighting so much more special as these mongooses took turns in tearing a hare apart.
29-Year-old conservation officer and field guide, Gareth Nuttall-Smith shared this sighting from @MalaMalaGameReserve with LatestSightings.com:
“My colleague Bushi and I were checking the reserve for fire break readiness and came across a group of mongoose on the road. As we stopped they scattered, I noticed the injured scrub hare and grabbed my camera – as I never go anywhere without it.”
“It looked as if though the dominant mongoose was the only one attacking the scrub hare at this point and once he/she had their share, the next most dominant one had their turn. It took quite a long time for the hare to die – the whole scene probably took place over 30 minutes.”
“A couple of mongooses then pulled the scrub hare into the grass and out of sight – as we lost sight we also then moved off. This was a very strange and rare sighting for me. I have been at Mala Mala for 4 years and have never experienced anything like this. What was strange to me though was that the mongooses took chances in attacking the hare. I half expected them to gang up on it like wild dogs.”
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Camera is murderer
Bro really let himself be done like dat
Personally if I was there I would of saved it… I’m part of nature too aren’t it?
And Vegans call me cruel for culling my food quickly.
i hate nature man
bob appetit
Hare today , gone tommorow.
Why doesn't the person filming stop them?
🤣🤣🤣🤣
It's good to be at the top of the food chain, isn't it, folks? Be grateful and enjoy your next hamburger 🍔.
Pov when your brother complains your too good at a game
The one who is filming it is a Sick man ! 😡i Hope something like this befall's them !
why your watching the bunny to die why wont you help her
What's the difference between a hare and a rabbit?
Broooo they eating it alive Shit
Lazy ass child sat there and did nothing the majority it was being mauled alive.
Goodness, they must have gotten the rabbit before the recording. It's definitely having nerve issues.
its same us human, we eat animals, cut trees and plants to feed ourselves. maybe we need to protect some areas where animals can live freely like we do.
😒😒 u rascal didn't saved him
Nature at its finest
Having such little care for decency just so you can gather views,
Hell yeah, score for mongoose
I bet thumper tasted good
I wonder how the rabbit was injured, you can see atleast one of its back legs was damaged
Fast food is always the best.
red in tooth & claw
Thank you my brave ancestors for putting me on the top of the food chain.
If I was there I would have helped those poor hare. Nature is nature but sometimes we can avoid a creature to suffer like that instead of filming sufference
the worst thing here is that they're eating him alive
I only searched up baby beagles on Youtube and this is what I get ;(
Well, it….uhhh… doesn't get much fresher than that.