Growing abiu from seed

We were recently fortunate to find some abiu fruit at the farmer's market, and I decided to try growing the seeds. The abiu is a tropical tree with round/oval fruit about the size of an medium orange. The inside is white and translucent, a bit like a pear, but has more of a creamy texture. They are sweet and quite tasty. We find them only occasionally at the market.
The seeds are almond shaped, but about twice a long. The first two germinated after about four weeks, and a third germinated about two weeks later.
A mature tree can produce from 100 to 1,000 fruit each year, and they can fruit multiple times per year. Hopefully, we'll get some fruit in a couple of years.

The stem is just starting to emerge from the seem

This plant has been growing for about two weeks

Baby Mongoose

One of the few wild animals (other than birds) on the island is the mongoose. The mongoose was introduced to Hawaii in the 1880s to control rats (also an introduced species) in the sugar cane fields. Although mongooses do eat rodents, rats are nocturnal, and the mongooses are diurnal, so they have little impact on the rat population. They do, however, eat birds and bird eggs and have devastated many native bird populations.

The mongooses are very shy and usually stay well hidden in the vegetation. We occasionally see them running across the street.

I spotted this baby mongoose walking across the yard in the open. I suspect it got separated from its mother.