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Meet Riki, Tiki, Tawi and Ravi, our wildfilmsindia family of baby mongoose in Delhi! As this mongoose pup stands on sharp rocks near her den, she lifts her tail high to show her anus, and this scrapes her anus on the rock below. Maybe she has worms or is having a hard time today...? She preens and cleans her fur, and looks around, alert and with beady beady eyes! The pups come out cautiously to see the world. Finally it manages to take a dump... Aahhh, what relief! Is the plural of mongoose mongooses or mongeese? Go figure! Since there are four mongooses in this litter, we decided to name them Riki, Tiki, Tawi and Ravi! These cute little mongoose pups look out of their stone fortress, out at the world passing by, surprised by all the sights and sounds. They were born deep within, in darkne
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