Meerkat The Guardian is a photograph by Lingfai Leung which was uploaded on April 11th, 2013.
Meerkat The Guardian
These gregarious animals are often seen in groups, and several families may live together in a large community. Squirrel-sized meerkats are mongooses... more
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Meerkat The Guardian
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Lingfai Leung
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These gregarious animals are often seen in groups, and several families may live together in a large community. Squirrel-sized meerkats are mongooses famed for their upright posture. They often stand on their rear legs and gaze alertly over the southern African plains where they live. Mothers can even nurse their young while standing.
Meerkats (also called suricates) work together in numbers. A few will typically serve as lookouts, watching the skies for birds of prey, such as hawks and eagles, that can snatch them from the ground. A sharp, shrill call is the signal for all to take cover. While a few individuals guard the group, the rest busy themselves foraging for the foods that make up their varied diet. Meerkats will eat insects, lizards, birds, and fruit. When hunting small game, they work together and communicate with purring sounds. Meerkats are good hunters and are sometimes tamed for use as rodent-catchers. Meerkat groups utilize several different burrows and move from one to another. Each burrow is an extensive tunnel-and-room system that remains cool even under the broiling African sun. Females give birth to two to four young each year in one of the group's burrows. Fathers and siblings help to raise meerkat young, teaching them to play and forage and alerting them to the ever present danger from above.
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Christopher James
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Lingfai Leung
Mariola Bitner featured your artwork "Meerkat The Guardian" in the group Our 4-Legged Friends....Thank you Mariola
John Bailey
Congratulations on being featured in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Lingfai Leung
Mariola Bitner featured your artwork "Meerkat The Guardian" in the group Wildlife ONE A DAY....Thank you Mariola
Gary Keesler
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Kym Backland
This is so cute! I loved that TV show they had on a few years back the MEERCAT MANOR.. this guys is so funny when he stands up. It reminds me of my coonies.. You have really been working hard and uploading so many new photos and voting for so many people! Tahnk for all your visits to my gallery too! FV... Have a wonderful day today! VF