171，Meerkats

If you happen to come across one of these cute creatures, you willbe happy to find out that it probably isn’t alone. Meerkats live in Southwest Africa, they live in burrows to hidefrom predators and to escape the sun on hot days. They live together in biggroups. This animal is very social and all of the animals in the group helpfind food and take care of eachother. Meerkats favorite foods are beetles, caterpillars, spiders,scorpions, and occasionally small reptiles, eggs, birds, and plants. They findfood by using their good sense of smell and sight. Meerkats are pretty smallcreatures so they don’t really have any solid defense mechanisms. Their predators include snakes, birds of prey, and jackals. The meerkat is a very small animal that stands at about 12 inches.It weighs only 1.6 pounds and only 0.8 pounds at birth. It has a lifespan of 14years and can start mating when they are only 1 year old. What do you think of this unusual animal. For wild Suzhou i’m palmtree and thank you for listening.