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'Family' hanging around neighborhood (Original Post)
elleng
Jun 2023
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jfz9580m
(14,529 posts)1. We have a family of mongooses
Living in our backyard..the little fellas are pretty shy, but I got a few videos of them.
I wonder what my cats make of them..
Deer always look kinda indignant .
elleng
(130,913 posts)2. WOW! Mongooses! ?geese???
jfz9580m
(14,529 posts)3. I never know either!
But I think it is mongooses
elleng
(130,913 posts)4. Plural of mongoose is mongooses or mongeese.
Mongeese is not a common plural but is cited as an alternative plural in many leading dictionaries.
Thanks elleng! I learnt something new. I vaguely had the feeling that mongeese was wrong..good to know.. ..