Meerkats are small, day-active animals that live in
open areas. They are therefore very vulnerable
to predators like vultures and snakes. Meerkats
however, live in groups of up to 30 animals,
so together they "fight" the danger of predators.
attack' the danger of predators. There is always a
meerkat on the lookout, which warns the rest of the group when danger threatens.
the rest of the group when danger threatens. Usually
the whole group will immediately flee into the den. But
when a fellow group member is in danger all the meerkats
will come to the rescue. They
make themselves as big as possible and try to scare
the predator. In this way a group of
group of meerkats will even chase off snakes. Actually
the little meerkats are very brave animals!
My name is Jesper, a media management student living in beautiful Breda.
Since childhood I have been interested in photography. I took my first photos with a disposable camera that I got at primary school, and I found this incredibly cool to do.
When the smartphone age came about 10..
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