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Three adorable dwarf mongooses make one of their first excursions out of their den.

The southern dwarf mongooses were born in mid-September at the Tiergarten Schonbrunn Zoo in Vienna, Austria.

In the footage, the nearly 2-month-old mongooses play with each other and crawl over small mounds, and climb over branches, as their mom keeps a close eye on them.

Stephan Hering-Hagenbeck, the zoo director, said Oct. 20: "The young animals are curious, and they explore the facility, dig in the sand and play with each other."

"If one of the little ones moves too far, the adult animals carry it back into the protective burrow in their mouths."

At one point, the adult mongoose decides one of the youngsters is too adventurous for its own good and quickly picks it up and carries it back to safety.

The southern dwarf mongoose is amongst the smallest of its species only weighing around 300 grams and is known for having a large pointy head, a long tail, short limbs, and long claws.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) does not consider mongooses to be at risk of extinction and has ranked them as a 'least concern' species.

Vienna, Austria
Oct. 2021
Source: Tiergarten Schonbrunn

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