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Meeting the Meerkats December 19, 2007

Posted by Clarissa Hughes in : Animals, ecotourism , trackback del.icio.us:Meeting the Meerkats digg:Meeting the Meerkats newsvine:Meeting the Meerkats blinklist:Meeting the Meerkats furl:Meeting the Meerkats reddit:Meeting the Meerkats blogmarks:Meeting the Meerkats Y!:Meeting the Meerkats

Meerkats (or suricates) are one of those species that deserve Walt Disney full-feature attention.  They are cute-looking, live in communes and are jam-packed with character.  All kinds of “wickedness” (in the form of raptors and poisonous snakes) lurk at every turn.  I should think they are manna- from- heaven for Hollywood directors.

Jack’s Camp, on the Makgadikgadi Pans in Botswana has started interactive safaris with these endearing little creatures. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video

For a complete photo-journey through the lives of meerkats we recommend Alain Degre & Sylvie Robert’s coffee table book “Meerkat Valley”.  The Degres are also known as the parents of Tippi whose adventures are well documented in “Tippi of Africa”.

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