wf-meerkat

= The Meerkat Page ! =

Scientific Name : Suricata suricatta
=== Physical description: They look like cats but they have longer snouts and they look a lot like lemures. They are sandy colored with stripes on their back and they are dark around the eyes. ===

===Size: meerkats are about 20in. tall full grow. They weigh about 2 pounds ===

===Habitat: Dry sandy areas in the Sarah desert. They live in holes in packs of about 20 ===

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===Diet: Meerkats eat things like beetles, scorpians and, roots ===

===Behavior & adaptations to its way of life: Meerkats live in the Saharah desert where it is very hot so they dig burrows to keep cool in and to sleep in. They are constantly moving and running around so they need water which they mainly get from their food and plants. One meerkat stands guard over the the pups (that are usually inside the burrow) during the day when the rest of the family is off getting food. === media type="youtube" key="X_eVEW_Y02o" height="344" width="425" ===How it reproduces: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">They reproduce sexualy. They have a gestation period of 11 weeks. Two to five is the average amount of pups a mother meerkat has at one time. ===

===<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Relationship to other animals (predator/prey, parasite, etc.): <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">The meerkat is a predator to insects and bugs but is prey to birds like hawks and eagles. ===

=== Relationship to people: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Meerkats are not pets but are wild animals. Some people have befriended meerkats but do not have them as pets. ===

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