Genets visit a waterhole at night. Small-spotted Genets were frequent visitors to the waterhole at Lentorre in Kenya’s Southern Rift Valley. They would emerge in an instant from the depth of night and drink as quickly as possible. They were always alert to the potential danger of being near the waterhole so spent a lot of time scanning around for potential predators. We did see Leopards at this waterhole. As these Genets drank, insects and bats whizzed around. A series of lovely encounters as Genets visit a waterhole at night: such attractive small animals.
The Small-spotted Genet is nocturnal or crepuscular and equally at home on the ground or in trees. These dainty animals weigh a slight 1.5-2.3 Kg with a tail that is about 0.5m long with 7-9 light white rings ending with an elongated white tip. The Small-spotted Genet has an erectile dorsal crest which rises when the animal is alarmed. This can clearly be seen in some of the footage as the Genet reacts to bats flying close by.