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Meerkats -Author excerpt - Amazing Animals of Disney's Animal Kingdom® by Sandi Jerome

An excerpt from my book, Amazing Animals of Disney's Animal Kingdom. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09QDW7B9H For school orders - available on Ingram Books ISBN 9781736034842 Subscribe to my free newsletter for free things! https://www.sandijerome.com/ My name is Sandi Jerome and this is an excerpt from my book, The Amazing Animals of Disney’s Animal Kingdom You’ll find these adorable little meerkats on the Gorilla Falls Trail between the bird aviary and the gorilla family exhibit. Meerkats are found in the deserts and grasslands of Africa, including southwestern Botswana, western and southern Namibia, and north and west South Africa. During one of our visits, all the meerkats were up at Rafiki’s Watch getting their regular medical checkup. With such a strong social network, to make sure one of the meerkats isn’t rejected from the group; they take all of them at once for their medical checkups. Weighing about 2 pounds, meerkats have tough foreclaws for digging and have the ability to regulate their internal body temperature to survive in their hot and dry habitats. The dominant female can be a little heavier than the others. The meerkat’s ears can be closed to protect them during digging. They are very social animals and from 2005 to 2008, the show Meerkat Manor gave us a glimpse into life in Africa's Kalahari Desert through the eyes of a family of meerkats. A new show was on again in 2021 on BBC America. A typical group is between a dozen and thirty meerkats with the older and heavier ones being dominant. There is usually a sentry posted to alert the others to danger with a variety of vocalizations to tell the others specifics about the danger. Meerkats live in rock crevices and in large burrow systems with often over a dozen entrances and up to three levels. They eat mostly insects, but also like fruits and vegetables. This group of meerkats are trained to go to their feeding station to make sure everyone gets a fair amount of food each day. They are the most active in the early morning and the cool afternoon.