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.