Meerkats are wonderful animals. They are the mongoose species, and the most sociable. At mating, the female will not accept the male until he grabs her by the neck! They have 2-4 babies and the life span is 10 years. (Poor meerkats!) They even have baby-sitters! When the parent is off hunting, (usually insects, and snakes and stuff like that) there is another adult looking after their young!
Meerkats live in Southern Africa , and are about the size of a rabbit. They can warn off predators larger then them with their aggressive behavior, though! Even so, they are not endangered but their number has lowered because of erosion in their habitat, so that might change soon, if the erosion countinues. I want to go to Southern Africa someday and see these amazing animals in action, don’t you?
Meerkats are my favorite animal!!!! :)
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