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Slender-Tailed Meerkat

Virginia Zoo - Nofolk, Virginia - 30 NOV 2014

 

I am not sure who this is because it was my first time seeing these Meerkats at the Virginia Zoo.

 

Slate, a male, and Pat, a female, weigh about two pounds each and are very territorial. They are enthusiastic diggers, and their exhibit features extensive tunnels. Their other favorite pastime is to bask in the sun. Their favorite food is meal worms.

 

Meerkats live in the Kalahari Desert in South Africa. They live in grass-lined burrows that they share with ground squirrels and yellow mongooses. However, they are very territorial with other meerkats and will fiercly defend their homes from other meerkat gangs also known as mobs. They are close knit with their own mob, and live in extended family structures. Security is an important concern, so they stand sentry and send out emergency calls to each other.

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Taken on November 30, 2014