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MEERKATS

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Meerkats
Meerkats live in Africa in the Kalahari . They are very cute .They are brown with grey� and black ears. They are small - about the same as a rabbit. �they are�adults at about one year of age they weigh around 2 pounds (750 - 820 grams). They've got a long body and a long ,� short legs. They can stand�two legs.
They live in . There are� five and thirty meerkats in� group. They �very social animals and they to play with�one another.� Meerkats constantly communicate with one another in three different : scent, sound, and body language.
They sleep in holes in the . These holes are called burrows which consist of entrance holes, tunnels,�and sleeping chambers. There may be up to 70 different entrances to the burrow system.
Meerkats ��early in the morning as the first rays of the sun stretch across� Kalahari. They� their holes and look food. They eat insects, plants, , eggs and mice. They �even eat� animals� scorpions and spiders.��When meerkats eat, some them stand on two legs and�guard the others. That's� some other animals like� eat meerkats. When the��see an eagle, a snake a fox they bark and�� the meerkats run to their holes.
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