Meerkats Basic's: Desert Wanderer's
Guardian's Of Desert
Meerkat's are known for their upright stance. They are very intelligent. They live in desert. They have ability to live without water. Meerkat's mother feed them while standing up. They live in Den's. They have strong claws which help them to dig den's in sand.
Meerkat's Appearance
Meerkat's are known for their cuteness. They have bushy, brown stripped fur, a small and round face and large eye's surrounded by dark patches. These dark patches protect their eye's from glare of the sun. They are very small. Their average size is about 20-25 inches. They have strong foreclaws which they use for digging in sand. They are very social animal.
Meerkat's Habitat
Meerkat's mostly live in area's of South Africa. They like to live in Dry, Grassland, Savannas. They live in burrows. Their Burrows have many entrances. Each home range contains 5 such warren's. They are also known as master of digging. They spend their most time in digging burrows. They built strong burrows. They built chamber's for many purposes.
Meerkat's Diet
Meerkat's mostly eat insect's such as grubs and termites. They also eat small vertebrates, eggs and some plant's. They dig roots for water. They are very possessive for food and defend their prey from other group members. They also eat scorpion's. Scorpion's have sting but meerkat's have special trick to caught scorpion and remove their sting very carefully. They are very intelligent and very skill full.
Live Without Water
Meerkat's live in desert and don't need extra water in their diet. They get their moisture from insects and other food which they eat. A human will die in 3-5 day's if they can't take extra water with food.
An Intelligent Creature
Meerkat's are known as legend of desert. They are much intelligent then they look. They are smaller in size but intelligent. A recent study at ST ANDREWS UNIVERSITY found meerkat's complex behaviour. They behaviour of meerkat is similar to Chimpanzee's, bonobos, dolphin's and even with human's. They solve their problem with the help of mob and with their independent thought. They also have good memory and remember of thousand's of location of their burrow's.
Function Of Hind Legs
Meerkat's have special ability of hind leg's. They stand on their hind leg's and see all around for predator's to protect it's family. They dig underground burrow's to escape from predator's and sleep safely at night. They adapted very well life style. They stand like human's. Their leg's are formidable weapon's against attacker. Their leg's also helped them to dig very fast. They are able to survive in thrive.
Meerkat's Amazing Vision
Meerkat's have very good sense of vision. They black patches around their eye's work as sunglasses. These patches helped them to see easily in dazzling glare of sun ray's in desert. These patches also saved their eye's while digging burrow's. Their great vision also helped them to see predator's then inform to group by calling an alarm. They whistles in 6 different ways. They can see very far. They also have colourful vision.
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