At the start of the spring of 2015, Jeffrey, a three-year-old meerkat, was happily eating, tussling with his brothers, and surveying zoo patrons from his usual perch, his forepaws gathered and his ...

8. In a group of meerkats, around 25% will be eaten by predators each year “Meerkats are highly social species. They live in an environment where there are an awful lot of predators and they are ...

This digging is called foraging. What do meerkats eat? Meerkats are omnivores which means they eat plants and animals. Meerkats mainly eat insects such as beetles, caterpillars, spiders ...

When they can’t find these selections, they will eat fruit, plants, small reptiles, and bird eggs. Since meerkats are small, even delicate, they require the help of their companions to stay safe ...