meerkat by Keisha Dudley https://padlet.com/keisha3635/vmzko6ep6lev keisha en-us 2017-10-27 01:30:56 UTC 2017-11-22 20:17:58 UTC hello@padlet.com keisha3635 https://padlet.com/keisha3635/vmzko6ep6lev/wish/201981032 https://youtu.be/W4og8g_X22o

]]> 2017-10-31 01:31:35 UTC https://padlet.com/keisha3635/vmzko6ep6lev/wish/201981032 keisha3635 https://padlet.com/keisha3635/vmzko6ep6lev/wish/201986097 2017-10-31 01:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/keisha3635/vmzko6ep6lev/wish/201986097 keisha3635 https://padlet.com/keisha3635/vmzko6ep6lev/wish/204644249 2017-11-08 01:31:59 UTC https://padlet.com/keisha3635/vmzko6ep6lev/wish/204644249 keisha3635 https://padlet.com/keisha3635/vmzko6ep6lev/wish/205541824 2017-11-09 23:43:46 UTC https://padlet.com/keisha3635/vmzko6ep6lev/wish/205541824 baby meerkats keisha3635 https://padlet.com/keisha3635/vmzko6ep6lev/wish/206038548 2017-11-12 21:28:25 UTC https://padlet.com/keisha3635/vmzko6ep6lev/wish/206038548 keisha3635 https://padlet.com/keisha3635/vmzko6ep6lev/wish/207910332 2017-11-16 21:12:41 UTC https://padlet.com/keisha3635/vmzko6ep6lev/wish/207910332 maddie359o https://padlet.com/keisha3635/vmzko6ep6lev/wish/207913732 2017-11-16 21:25:04 UTC https://padlet.com/keisha3635/vmzko6ep6lev/wish/207913732 Keeping Lookout keisha3635 https://padlet.com/keisha3635/vmzko6ep6lev/wish/207940646 One meerkat will stand on its hind legs, propped up by its tail, and act as a lookout while the rest of the mob is outside looking for food and frolicking in the sun. The lookout scans the area for predators. including hawks, eagles, snakes and jackals. If a predator is spotted, the guard lets out a distinctive bark. At the sound of the warning bark, everyone sprints to the nearest tunnel entrance. The sentry is the first to emerge from the burrow to check if the coast is clear.]]> 2017-11-16 23:44:53 UTC https://padlet.com/keisha3635/vmzko6ep6lev/wish/207940646 Classification keisha3635 https://padlet.com/keisha3635/vmzko6ep6lev/wish/208901406 The Meerkat is a small mammal that is part of the mongoose family. ]]> 2017-11-20 21:25:05 UTC https://padlet.com/keisha3635/vmzko6ep6lev/wish/208901406 Appearance keisha3635 https://padlet.com/keisha3635/vmzko6ep6lev/wish/208901448 Meerkats are a brown tan colour so they can blend in with the sand and dust. Dark patches around their eyes help them be effective lookouts by reducing the glare of the sun,]]> 2017-11-20 21:25:17 UTC https://padlet.com/keisha3635/vmzko6ep6lev/wish/208901448 Diet: keisha3635 https://padlet.com/keisha3635/vmzko6ep6lev/wish/208901511 Meerkats hunt and eat insects, scorpions, small lizards, snakes, eggs. They also eat roots and bulbs. They get all the water they need from the food they eat.]]> 2017-11-20 21:25:34 UTC https://padlet.com/keisha3635/vmzko6ep6lev/wish/208901511 Habitat: keisha3635 https://padlet.com/keisha3635/vmzko6ep6lev/wish/208901566 Meerkat  are specially adapted to living in the harsh desert environment. Meerkats live in the African Kalahari desert in the countries of South Africa and Botswana. They dig large networks of underground tunnels where they stay during the night. These tunnels have multiple openings for escaping a predator. 

]]> 2017-11-20 21:25:49 UTC https://padlet.com/keisha3635/vmzko6ep6lev/wish/208901566 Conservation keisha3635 https://padlet.com/keisha3635/vmzko6ep6lev/wish/208901678 Conservation Status

The meerkat is not currently endangered and is considered at lower risk of becoming endangered by the IUCN. That said, by no means should they be disregarded; they play an important part in maintaining ecological harmony in the desert. They provide food for predators like jackals and eagles, and they curb pest infestation by eating insects

What You Can Do to Help

You can help meerkats by spreading awareness of their vital role in the Kalahari’s ecological balance. You can also support the Meerkat Magic Conservation Project, which uses funds raised through eco-tourism to subsidize landowners and farmers. In this way, development and farming are decreased, allowing for increased preservation of meerkat habita
]]> 2017-11-20 21:26:18 UTC https://padlet.com/keisha3635/vmzko6ep6lev/wish/208901678 Predators keisha3635 https://padlet.com/keisha3635/vmzko6ep6lev/wish/208901927  hawks, eagles, snakes and jackals.]]> 2017-11-20 21:27:24 UTC https://padlet.com/keisha3635/vmzko6ep6lev/wish/208901927 Life cycle: keisha3635 https://padlet.com/keisha3635/vmzko6ep6lev/wish/208902014 Girls give birth to one to eight babies at a time, but most of the time meerkat mothers to have three to four babies at a time. The babies, called pups, are born underground, where they are safe from predators. ]]> 2017-11-20 21:27:49 UTC https://padlet.com/keisha3635/vmzko6ep6lev/wish/208902014