{"id":2719,"date":"2025-04-17T15:21:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T15:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idoitoutdoors.com\/?p=2719"},"modified":"2025-04-17T15:21:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T15:21:45","slug":"a-better-class-of-rat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idoitoutdoors.com\/?p=2719","title":{"rendered":"A Better Class of Rat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>April 1, 2025 Part 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/idoitoutdoors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250416_171323162.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/idoitoutdoors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250416_171323162.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3072\" height=\"4080\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2720\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While somme things are the same the world over, some are unique to a specific place. In my part of the world rodents, mainly rats, plague any area where food is available. Here in Windhoek, Namibia, they have a better class of rat, namely, the mongoose. Anyone who has read Rikki-Tikki-Tavi will remember the story of the mongoose protecting the small boy from the deadly cobra. Here the mongoose protects dining guests from slipping on a fallen french fry. As you eat, one or two can be seen sprinting stealthily between the tables grabbing the dropped morsels while avoiding one of the resident cats. Like Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, the mongoose in Kipling&#8217;s The Jungle Book, the local variety are harmless to humans and unlike the North American rat, knows well enough to not overstay his welcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 1, 2025 Part 2 While somme things are the same the world over, some are unique to a specific place. In my part of the world rodents, mainly rats, plague any area where food is available. Here in Windhoek, Namibia, they have a better class of rat, namely, the mongoose. Anyone who has read&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/idoitoutdoors.com\/?p=2719\" title=\"Continue reading &lsquo;A Better Class of Rat&rsquo;\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wildinafrica"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/idoitoutdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/idoitoutdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/idoitoutdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idoitoutdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idoitoutdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2719"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/idoitoutdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2721,"href":"https:\/\/idoitoutdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2719\/revisions\/2721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/idoitoutdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idoitoutdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idoitoutdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}