This learn node points to facts about the mammal Suricata suricatta, known as the meerkat, that are set out with excellent images (including the one to the right) in the Animals pages of Utah’s Hogel Zoo website. There are more facts at the Meerkat Information page of a zoological park that cares for meerkats who need a home. An article in the magazine of the American Museum of Natural History, Natural Science, by Lynda L. Sharpe is an expert description of some of what is known about the animal’s behavior: Meerkats At Play: Evolution demands that activities costing a lot of energy provide survival value in return. But what do these rambunctious little mammals gain from having so much fun?
Meerkats have their learning duties as well as frequent recess. A Live Science report (with amazing pictures) describes: Hunting 101: Meerkats Teach Scorpion Dismemberment in which a seventy-day-old pup learns how to eat a scorpion fed to it live. Only the not squeamish click here.
Within the webpages mentioned are links to more sources chosen by the page authors. Like their burrows, the online network about meerkats is complex and connects among various chambers of information.
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