Slender-Tailed Meerkat (Suricata suricatta)

Slender-Tailed Meerkat (Suricata suricatta)

Meerkats wake at sunrise and use their flat chests as a solar panel to warm their bodies.

Slender-Tailed Meerkat (Suricata suricatta)

Once warm, they spend most of the day foraging for food. As the sun goes down meerkats return to their burrow and keep warm by sleeping in a group.

Slender-Tailed Meerkat (Suricata suricatta)

Meerkats take turns as a lookout sentry, usually on top of a rock or termite mound. Short cheeps aindicate safety, while sharp barks warn of an approaching predator.

Slender-Tailed Meerkat (Suricata suricatta)

When threatened, meerkats either run for the safety of a burrow, or band together, hissing an djumping as a group in an effort to intimidate the predator.

Slender-Tailed Meerkat (Suricata suricatta)