Meekats Lookout
MANY THANKS FOR YOUR KIND COMMENTS AND FAVS........ PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT MY PHOTOSTREAM, FOR GENERAL PHOTOS ACROSS THE WHOLE SPECTRUM NATURE AND WILDLIFE.
Meekats live in groups of between 20-50 extended family members, called gangs or mobs. They are specially adapted to living in harsh desert environments and depend upon each other for survival. They are found within the Kalahari Desert of Botswana, and neighbouring countries.
During daylight hours, they leave their underground tunnels to forage for food, taking in turns to act as sentry to keep a lookout for predators, which include eagles, jackels and snakes. The dark patch covering their eyes helps to reduce the glare of the sunlight, enabling them to see clearly around them.
They feed on a variety of food, including insects, small rodents, lizards, birds, fruit, eggs and even poisonous scopions, which they disarm in no time at all. When danger approaches, the meekat on sentry duty makes a distinctive bark sound, upon which they all return to the safety of their burrows.
Gang members also take it in turn to babysit and even to feed the young with milk.
Meekats Lookout
MANY THANKS FOR YOUR KIND COMMENTS AND FAVS........ PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT MY PHOTOSTREAM, FOR GENERAL PHOTOS ACROSS THE WHOLE SPECTRUM NATURE AND WILDLIFE.
Meekats live in groups of between 20-50 extended family members, called gangs or mobs. They are specially adapted to living in harsh desert environments and depend upon each other for survival. They are found within the Kalahari Desert of Botswana, and neighbouring countries.
During daylight hours, they leave their underground tunnels to forage for food, taking in turns to act as sentry to keep a lookout for predators, which include eagles, jackels and snakes. The dark patch covering their eyes helps to reduce the glare of the sunlight, enabling them to see clearly around them.
They feed on a variety of food, including insects, small rodents, lizards, birds, fruit, eggs and even poisonous scopions, which they disarm in no time at all. When danger approaches, the meekat on sentry duty makes a distinctive bark sound, upon which they all return to the safety of their burrows.
Gang members also take it in turn to babysit and even to feed the young with milk.