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Along with her mate, she initiates group moves and has first rights to food. She is the only female allowed to breed; subordinate females offspring are usually not allowed to survive. He spends most of his time defending the territory and scanning for danger from atop a termite mound. Text is available under the Creative… Continue reading Mongoose By Sarah Monette And Elizabeth Bear

Among more social mongoose species, pups are introduced into the colony from an early age. When foraging, several members will stay behind to protect the young. In some colonies, a pup will choose a specific adult to provide regular sustenance and attention. Individuals may even form lifelong bonds with family and/or fellow members of the… Continue reading Mongoose By Sarah Monette And Elizabeth Bear

The getters are useful for formatting or combining fields, while setters are useful for de-composing a single value into multiple values for storage. For the Local Library example we’re going to use the Mongoose ODM to access our library data. Mongoose acts as a front end to MongoDB, an open source NoSQL database that uses… Continue reading Mongoose By Sarah Monette And Elizabeth Bear