Meerkats
Meerkats are part of the mongoose family. When Jackals and Eagles are hungry Meerkats huddle together to stay safe and protected. Their scientific name is Suricat Surrcatta but the name meerkat means lake cat in Afrikaans.
Meerkats have strong and short legs. Meerkats has a long skinny body and they stand straight on their strong legs. Meerkats have small tiny nostrils. Meerkats has a slim back. Meerkats have small tiny head. It looks like this.
Meerkats like to eat scorpions. Meerkats bite of the tail then the meerkats eat them. Meerkats love to hunt snakes. Meerkats sneak to find their food, they hunt for plants, fruit or they get it.
Meerkats live in hot places. Meerkats live in the Southern Africa. Meerkats live in Kalahari Desert. Meerkats live in packs up to 40 Meerkats. Meerkats live in dry places. Meerkats live on sand.
A Meerkat walks fast because if an animal who’s the Meerkats predator will catch them. The Meerkats predator is Jackals and Eagles.
Meerkats do not like to walk anywhere alone because the Jackal will catch them and gobble them up that’s why Meerkats stay in large packs.
Did you know that Meerkats don’t like the rain, and did you know that they don’t like dark as well.
By Lana Pulepule
We are Year 3 and 4 students at Tamaki Primary School, a Manaiakalani school in Auckland and our teachers are Miss Ashley and Mrs Sharma.
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