#suricata

[weasel-war-dance]

Rearing its head, an Anchieta’s cobra lunged towards two meerkat pups. Reacting instantly, their 20-strong pack ran back to the warren and split into two – half ushering the pups away, the other half advancing towards the snake, growling and fluffing up their coats. Focusing on the snake’s classic profile, Tertius caught the meerkat mob’s fear and aggression. This scene is rare – there are few records of an Anchieta’s cobra attacking a meerkat pack. In a group, the mammals have the advantage, using a system of alarm calls to notify others of predators and to co-ordinate a mobbing of the attacker. This snake was just an opportunistic hunter looking to snatch one of the pups before the pack arrived.

Meerkat | Tertius A Gous

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A meerkat pup (Suricatta suricatta) in Beekse Bergen Safari Park, The Netherlands

by safi kok

[quaggas]

Meerkats!!

[tiifu-ndovu]

[saritawolf]

Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) - (c) SaritaWolf - please do not repost

[ivanutrera]

suricata

[mayasphotography]

Suricata suricatta (Suricato, Meerkat)

The dream animals to a photographer, they stay very still so you can catch them on focus xD

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Timón y Pumba en la vida real… pic.twitter.com/OkO0uTbiwH

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[effyeahmeerkats]

Meerkat (1) by Trevor Pinchen

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[weasel-war-dance]

Meerkat | Greg Taylor

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Meerkat pups (Suricata suricatta) standing sentry in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa

by jaffles

[eukaryotesrool]

Okay friendos, I've just started my research of meerkats (I like 'em, they neat) and I COULDN'T wait to talk about their scientific name.

Suricata suricatta

Suricata fucking suricatta

ARE YOU KIDDING ME!? This is an afront to all which I hold dear, normally I like species names which resemble genus names, but this one, oh ho, this one, one single letter, pronounced the same, but spelled SLIGHTLY differently!

Okay, I'm done, I'll talk about the fun etymology bits in the real post.

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ミーアキャット

ミーアキャットは、マングース科に属する小型の哺乳類で、主に南部アフリカの乾燥地帯に生息しています。体長は約25〜35センチメートルで、尾は同じくらいの長さがあります。特徴的な立ち姿勢で、周囲を警戒しながら生活します。社会性が強く、家族単位で群れを作り、協力して子育てや捕食を行います。主に昆虫や小型の動物を食べ、昼行性です。ミーアキャットはその愛らしい姿と独特の行動で、多くの人々に親しまれています。

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[tiifu-ndovu]

[saritawolf]

Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) - (c) SaritaWolf - please do not repost