Stand Up

Meerkats standing at attention. As you may know, these mongoose relatives always keep an eye to the sky. Their biggest predators are birds of prey after all. 

Usually, they have one sentry keeping a look out. Unless, that sentry calls an alarm. Then the entire group looks up and looks out. 

Meerkats Are Cute!

Jungle Jim is back from the Pangani Forest Exploration Trail to send us some portraits of the famous meerkat population found there.  This one might be looking for predators, but in fact seems to be posing for Jim's lens.

And just in case you were curious, Discoverer Meghan, our 9-year-old animal lover, claims meerkats are, in fact, cute!

Which Way Did He Go?

A walk through the Pangani Forest Exploration is one of the truly great experiences of Disney's Animal Kingdom and one of its most enjoyable exhibits is the local colony of meerkats.  When you go see them, you will likely notice they always have one member of the colony up high on the rocks looking out for danger.  What the other two are looking at in this photo at is impossible to tell.  Considering the complete lack of danger these guys face at Disney's Animal Kingdom, one can only assume the lookout's job is particularly uneventful anyway.

Photo by Jungle Jim