Banded Mongoose live in very closely bonded troops where regular sessions of mutual grooming cement life-long relationships.

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Banded Mongoose live in very closely bonded troops where regular sessions of mutual grooming cement life-long relationships. The group are inter-dependant on each other

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Location: Ruaha National Park, Tanzania
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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