Dwarf mongoose triplets emerge from their burrows in Chester Zoo for the first time since birth
SHOWS: CHESTER, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - APRIL 18, 2020) (CHESTER ZOO - MUST ON SCREEN COURTESY CHESTER ZOO) (MUTE) 1.
ADULT DWARF MONGOOSE STANDING OUTSIDE BURROW ENTRANCE / YET-TO-BE-NAMED MONGOOSE PUP EMERGING FROM BURROW 2.
VARIOUS OF YET-TO-BE-NAMED MONGOOSE PUP 3.
ADULT DWARF MONGOOSE WITH TWO YET-TO-BE-NAMED MONGOOSE PUPS 4.
TWO ADULT MONGOOSES WITH TWO MONGOOSEPUPS 5.
ADULT MONGOOSE DRAGGING PUP AROUND ENCLOSURE WHILE CARRYING IT IN ITS MOUTH STORY: Three new mongoose pups emerged from their burrows for the first time at Britain's Chester Zoo last month.
The tiny pups, each currently measuring around just 12 cm-long (around 4.7 inches), were spotted by keepers along with their protective parents, mother Hope and father Cooper.
The pups, whose gender is not yet known, are believed to have been born in February but displayed outside for the first time only recently.
According to the zoo, the dwarf mongoose is Africa's smallest carnivore, as well as the smallest of the mongoose species, and can only grow to around 30 cm (12 inches).
(Production: Oleksandr Ieltsov)
Three mongoose pups went exploring for the first time at England’s Chester Zoo.