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Mongoose sound???
EP still down but resolution in sight - hopefully Friday
Sun, 18/02/2007 - 4:32pm
Do they make a sound? The question came up in the WH forum and we cannot find the answer. Would anyone know?
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Sun, 18/02/2007 - 4:53pm
#2
Thank you so much. I will have to conclude that the squeaking sounds I heard were not a mongoose.
Sun, 18/02/2007 - 4:57pm
#3
Thanks, Katja. We appreciate your help. Now we know. 
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Sun, 18/02/2007 - 5:03pm
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The above was about mongooses in general.
The calls vary from species to species.
I just read that white-tailed moongooses also whimper.
Sun, 18/02/2007 - 5:04pm
#5
Thanks Katja for the search :!:
Sun, 18/02/2007 - 5:07pm
#6
I'm having a hard time getting my ears and eyes to work independently....for some reason they seem to want to work together :roll:
Sat, 17/03/2007 - 11:45am
#7
I did a short clip of some sounds I hear quite often and usually when a white tailed mongoose shows up. Not sure if it is the mongoose or a bird but I have heard it so many times right before, during or after a mongoose visits.
http://s115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/muttluver/?action=view¤t=MongooseSounds.flv
Can anyone say for sure that is the mongoose making the sound?
Thanks
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Sat, 17/03/2007 - 12:39pm
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Gosh...it could be, Aquila. Will have to make a mental note of that next time one shows up...I always associated that peep sound with a bird or cricket or frog. Hmmm?? Thanks for the heads up!!
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Mon, 25/05/2009 - 2:42pm
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I did a short clip of some sounds I hear quite often and usually when a white tailed mongoose shows up. Not sure if it is the mongoose or a bird but I have heard it so many times right before, during or after a mongoose visits. http://s115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/muttluver/?action=view¤t=MongooseSounds.flv Can anyone say for sure that is the mongoose making the sound? Thanks
I am almost positive that's a mongoose...I have a CD called Animal Calls of Africa with the Banded Mongoose on it and I remember it sounding something like that...
EDIT: Just
listened to the mongoose sounds I have from the CD (I coppied it onto my computer) and now I think it could be a bird...
Mon, 25/05/2009 - 2:59pm
#10
In the sounds of nkorho page there is a recording of the banded mongoose. here
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I found the following in one of my books, The Safari Companion by Richard D. Estes:
Sociable noises
Variety of churring, peeping, murmuring calls by social mongooses.
--> "Conversational" sounds that keep pack members in contact and informed about each other's emotional state. Calls exchanged between mothers and offspring are the precursors.
Response to Predators
Alarm sounds: different ones for avian and ground predators. --> Social mongooses. Pack members respond appropriately to different signals.
Threat Displays: Associated sounds: growling, spitting, screaming
Aggression:
Vocal accompaniment: Churring, growling, barking, screaming, clucking, cackling, explosive spitting --> see species account
Hope that helps...