Meerkats are a cute and are light brown coloured animals. Meerkats live in areas of clumpy grassland and deserts in the southern area of the African continent, including the Kalahari Desert in Botswana, the Namibia Desert in Namibia, southwestern Angola and in South Africa. A family group of meerkats can be called a mob, gang or clan.
Meerkats mostly eat insects, which they sniff out using their enhanced sense of smell. They also eat small rodents, fruit, birds, eggs, lizards and as we've seen poisonous scorpions as well as snakes. Meerkats run on four legs and stand on two legs.
Meerkats are curious animals , Meerkats have excellent eyesight, they can spot predators in the air from more than 300 m away. They have great peripheral vision and can see in the dark .
These squirrel-size members of the mongoose family live in groups as large as 40 and everyone in the mob participates in gathering food, keeping a look out for predators, and taking care of their babies.
I have enjoyed finding out interesting facts about Meerkats. I think they are funny and cute.