Meerkats

Meerkats. Probably one of the cutest mammals on the planet. But I think

we all ought to know a little more about these small, brown cuties so read along… 

Meerkats are not in anyway fussy with their diet. They are Omnivores (They eat plants and meat ). They enjoy meals made up of insects, small rodents, fruit, birds, eggs and poisonous scorpions. Sounds like my kind of diet!!

Meerkats habitats are dry, open areas. They even inhibit all of Kalahari desert in Botswana and South Africa. They also enjoy stowing themselves away in an underground burrows. 

Meerkats have around 3-4 babies in a litter after being pregnant for 11 weeks. When Meerkats are in captivity ( somewhere like the zoo ) they live for 12-14 years but out in the the wild they live up to around 10 years.

Lucky for us and the meerkat gangs we can still find many meerkats out there as they are NOT endangered!!! Although we are counting on the eagles to not populate as they are predators. So next time you spot a meerkat think how lucky they are.

Unfortunately for us that is all for today. I hope you learnt as much as I did about these cool and cute creatures. Now you can go and tell your friends and family these cool and fabulous facts.