23 Images Of A Cute Shy Baby Meerkat Taken By Japanese Photographer Mamekoro

Perhaps you're not much familiar with these adorable meerkat families. It is one of the cutest mongoose-like creatures that have the ability to stand on their hind legs. Adult as well as baby meerkats are too adorable to look at.

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Image credits: mamekoro51

Image credits: mamekoro51

Image credits: mamekoro51

Although the baby meerkat was shy at first, it came to pay a visit to say 'hello' at the end. 

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The typical habitat of them is the Kalahari Desert in Botswana. Southwestern Angola in South America and the Namib Desert in Namibia are some other places where you can see these meerkats.

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Image credits: mamekoro51

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A group of meerkats are called a “mob” or a “gang”. Each gang contains about 20 animals. But, sometimes this number might reach high values as 50 too. Their lifespan is around six to seven years in the wild. It can be increased when they live in captivity.

Image credits: mamekoro51

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In some instances, the baby meerkats are taken care of “babysitters" - the female adults who still haven't given birth to her offspring. These females carry the babies underground when they realize a life threat.

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The baby meerkats mimic their elders and they learn the way to eat venomous creatures such as scorpions in a careful manner while observing well. 

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Unfortunately, some of the meerkats kill the babies of others as they want to give priority to their own offspring.

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The normal pup count in one liter is around three. These animals will leave the burrow when they’re 2 to 3 weeks old.

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Image credits: mamekoro51

Image credits: mamekoro51

Image credits: mamekoro51

Image credits: mamekoro51

Is there anyone who needs to get a meerkat as your pet? Make sure to share these wonderful images and the article with your friends. Have a nice day!

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  1. j aimerais bien en avoir un baby suricate j en serais folle car j adore cet animal

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  2. What I needed in life today. Thank you.

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  3. Meerkats do not make good pets for all the above mentioned reasons! They are very social animals and need their clan to learn everything they need to learn about life. It´s important for their health and well-being. When keps as a pet, not only their ability and need to dig into everything can be a problem. But the most important thing is: it is a wild animal and that is where it belongs: in the wild. When we truly LOVE animals, we do what is best for the animal, not what is best for us as humans. Keeping a wild animal is good for our ego - for nothing else. Even orphaned animals should be given to a rehabilitation facility where they can be re-introduced to another group of meerkats (e.g. orphans).

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  4. This is adorable!

    Encouraging wild animals as pets is never a good idea!

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  5. They said...."they could 'live longer'....is that, not, TRUE??!!!🤔🥀🤷🏻

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