Natural enemies?
The natural enemies of mongoose include all kinds of eagles and falcons, especially the eagles living in Africa. Wolves on land are also a big threat to mongooses. For the natural enemies in the sky, meerkats usually take the way of running away to avoid them. When the mongoose in charge of investigation warns the natural enemies in the sky to attack, other mongooses will flee to the ground or other bunkers in the fastest way. Adult meerkats who can't escape into the bunker will also protect their cubs with their bodies. For enemies on land, meerkats usually scare them into giving up hunting. Frightening includes growling and trying to make your body look huge. Mongoose will bow their backs, try to stand on tiptoe, and their hair and tail will tilt up. Keep your head down and shake back and forth. Spitting at each other from time to time is also a means to scare natural enemies such as wolves. This behavior of scaring natural enemies usually requires several meerkats to do it at the same time. Once this method fails, the mongoose will fall on its back, exposing its teeth and claws, trying to protect the back of its weakest neck.
Relationship with people
The existence of mongoose has largely controlled the number of some agricultural pests. Especially the harm of Lepidoptera butterflies and moths to crops. At the same time, it has also been reported that mongooses spread pathogenic bacteria and viruses by attacking humans and other livestock. In some areas, mongooses are kept as pets, which further increases the chance of disease transmission.