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    Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute welcomed three baby meerkats to their mob on May 10, the first pups born at the zoo in 16 years.Footage from the zoo shows the three new additions, which have not yet been named or had their sexes determined.The pups are the first offspring for five-year-old mother Sadie. The father of the litter, six-year-old Frankie, had sired pups at a previous zoo.Animal care staff are leaving the meerkats to be raised by their parents and the mob, the zoo said, and have already seen Sadie nursing the pups, which appeared “healthy and strong”. Credit: Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute via Storyful


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    "For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations,
    for nature cannot be fooled."

    Richard Feynman

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    • #3
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      I have always wondered if you could keep one or more. In the house maybe not.

      Tom

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        I thought this was going to be about "The" MeerKat.
        Without freedom of speech, we wouldn't know who the idiots are.

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        • #5
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          Originally posted by WX
          I thought this was going to be about "The" MeerKat.
          So did I

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          • #6
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            So many memories. Thank you Joe.

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            • #7
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              Originally posted by WX
              I thought this was going to be about "The" MeerKat.
              I still miss him, although we lived 8000 miles apart, I did get to spend a few days with him, and enjoyed several years of correspondence.

              John Welsford
              An expert is but a beginner with experience.

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              • #8
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                We exchanged a few PMs, and interacted on threads. but I never really knew much about him, other than he was a gentleman.
                Without freedom of speech, we wouldn't know who the idiots are.

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                • #9
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                  Originally posted by Tom from Rubicon
                  I have always wondered if you could keep one or more. In the house maybe not.

                  Tom
                  Can You Have a Meerkat as a Pet?

                  Yes, you can technically own a meerkat as a pet. Actually, most species that are available and survive in captivity can be privately owned. Depending on one’s definition of a "pet," however, some animals don't fit the bill—and meerkats are a great example. (...) Once meerkats are understood to be mongooses, their behavior in captivity starts to make more sense. Actually, other mongoose species may make better pets. (...) Most people consider an animal to be a "pet" when it is kept in the same fashion as dogs and cats, i.e being a "companion" to humans and having most or all of its time free in the home. Meerkats kept in this fashion—raised by humans from an early age—will see their caretakers as group members and exclude anyone else as a predator (...) their stringent loyalty to their "pack"—which will consist of human family members—will cause them to attack and maim intruders (family outside the home, friends, new pets, and anyone else they weren’t raised with).
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                    Wow ^
                    Choose wisely -Treat kindly...
                    A secret to a good marriage is to have a quick mind and a slow mouth...
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                    • #11
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                      I too thought this thread was about The MeerCat.
                      Choose wisely -Treat kindly...
                      A secret to a good marriage is to have a quick mind and a slow mouth...
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                        Originally posted by Spin_Drift
                        I too thought this thread was about The MeerCat.

                        Of course? Why on earth would I post a litter of meerkats if it weren't for their namesake! OMG some of you are magnificently obtuse!
                        "Congress doesn't regulate Wall Street, Wall Street regulates Congress."

                        MAKE WAY! MAKE WAY! "I have heard of some kind of men that put quarrels purposely on others."

                        As a general rule, the better it felt when you said it, the more trouble it's going to get you into.

                        International Financial Conspirator, Collaborator, Gun Runner, Ace Philosopher-King and all-around smartie pants

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                          Originally posted by Ed Harrow
                          Of course? Why on earth would I post a litter of meerkats if it weren't for their namesake! OMG some of you are magnificently obtuse!
                          When you use a 5 dollar word to call someone stupid its still a pointless insult just sayin
                          Last edited by SaltyD from BC; 05-30-2023, 02:54 PM.

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                          • #14
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                            My son in NC could use a pack of Mongooses. His acreage is rank with Copperheads.

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                            • #15
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                              Originally posted by Tom from Rubicon
                              My son in NC could use a pack of Mongooses. His acreage is rank with Copperheads.
                              He needs more king snakes. This photo was taken about 20 miles or so from NC.

                              king snake-copperhead.jpg

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