meerkats

meerkats live in all parts of the kalahari



desert in botswana

in much of the namib desert and

south western angola and in south

africa where it is thought to be around 40 degrees centigrade

.

Meerkats will eat insects , lizards , birds and fruits. when

hunting small game , they work together and then they

communicate with purrin g sounds . meerkats are good

hunters and are sometimes tamed for use as rodent-catchers.

meerkats are also social animals , they normally hang in

groups of 40 (which is quitte a large group) and depending

on the type of meerkat (grey meercats or brown meerkats

it will be called a gang or a mob.