Me and My Mom - Scene 30

Meerkat and Pup

The meerkat is a small carnivoran belonging to the mongoose family. Meerkats live in all parts of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana, in much of the Namib Desert in Namibia and southwestern Angola, and in South Africa. A group of meerkats is called a "mob," "gang" or "clan." A meerkat clan often contains about 20 meerkats, but some super-families have 50 or more members. Meerkats also babysit the young in the group. Females that have never produced offspring of their own often lactate to feed the alpha pair's young. They also protect the young from threats, often endangering their own lives.