This just in: A pile o’ meerkats

by Meg on July 20, 2007

OMG, look at the guy bottom middle.

L to the O to the L. He’s totally mid-pile.

Pile

Kimberly S. says it was very cold at the Louisville Zoo that day, and the ‘Kats were piling together for warmths.

And P.S., I hear that Meerkat Manor 3 starts August 10, on Animal Planet

{ 46 comments }

1 llism 07.20.07 at 6:01 pm

Dem’s some flat ‘tocks!

2 Metz 07.20.07 at 6:02 pm

*splode*
O
M
ggggggggg
*kathud*

3 Shannon Johnson 07.20.07 at 6:08 pm

I love the meerkats!!!! Gimme! Gimme!

4 Lauren 07.20.07 at 6:15 pm

So first glance I definitely thought they were crowding around some recently-hunted prey for lunch. Ew.

5 Emily Anonymous 07.20.07 at 6:18 pm

It looks like the one in the middle is all warm and toasty but the others are turning blue from the cold.

6 DJShay 07.20.07 at 6:20 pm

Yay! Flowers and the pesky kids!!!

7 Mary (the first) 07.20.07 at 6:31 pm

Yes, Meerkat Manor starts again on Aug.10. The further adventures of Flower, etc. Love them!!

8 DJShay 07.20.07 at 6:34 pm

They never really did say whatever happened to Shakespeare. I guess since he never showed up again, they assumed he had passed. Or did I miss an episode?

9 pyrit 07.20.07 at 6:34 pm

Metz, you OK? Quick, jump in the pile!

10 Mary (the first) 07.20.07 at 6:50 pm

DJ, they never said.

11 BeeCee 07.20.07 at 6:51 pm

I thinks we need a COXCU on them flattocks.

Enhance!

(pleeeze?)

12 Metz 07.20.07 at 6:52 pm

I’m unda the flat one.
lmao

13 Connie 07.20.07 at 7:02 pm

Shakespeare’s disappearance is why I don’t watch Meerkat Manor anymore. Can’t handle the heart break.

14 amy bo-bamy 07.20.07 at 7:08 pm

i like the action shot of the guy in the middle leaning over mr. flat-tockinson. he’s all blurry, like he was giving the ‘tocks a zerber…

15 Kar 07.20.07 at 7:24 pm

Really? Gathering for warmth? At first glance I thought that this was another NSFW shot or “they eat their own.”

To be honest, I’m not sure why people like watching Meerkat Mansion either.

I don’t wanna see abandoned babies die and family members bite/kill each other.

Even “Cops” & “Jerry Springer” won’t go that far.

16 Metz 07.20.07 at 7:37 pm

In keeping with the meerkat theme Yahoo seems to have gotten the memo and has posted this photo:
http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070720/481/xmb10407200452

17 DJShay 07.20.07 at 7:50 pm

Here is a tribute to Shakepeare, but it is sad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PXRvcUQU40

18 Nyxicle 07.20.07 at 8:03 pm

Aww… I wants to skweesh them and make them all warm!

19 Kuu 07.20.07 at 8:07 pm

I knew you had too few meerkats on this site. It was an outrage. :(
But the last two posts make it all better. ;)

20 One Eyed Daruma 07.20.07 at 8:12 pm

30 seconds ’til half time and he’s tackled. Get the chains and measure that puppy – do we have a down? Where were his blockers?

21 elliottsmommy 07.20.07 at 8:16 pm

awww. him has chilly MeerTocks.

22 sunnymum 07.20.07 at 8:20 pm

After watching the Tribute to Shakespeare video, and reading about the dogfighting allegations brought against Michael Vick, I’m just about wiped out. Never needed the cute like I do today, thank you Meg. And of course, my cat is getting snorgled like there’s no tomorrow – lol.

23 book_monstercats 07.20.07 at 8:52 pm

Ooommpphhh!

24 Leena 07.20.07 at 10:09 pm

I’m in ur pile stealin’ your warms.

25 musicchick2 07.21.07 at 12:51 am

/threadjack
Hey guys, doesn’t anybody use the CuteChat anymore? I thought “Casual Fridays” was the ‘happenin’ time? Here’s the link. http://wwwl.meebo.com/room/cuteoverload/
/end threadjack

26 Ponygirl 07.21.07 at 1:09 am

I gave up on MeerKat Manor when poor little Blossom (?) was carried away by the hawk. These critters are so anthropormorphized (?) that is painfull to watch nature happen.

27 carmen 07.21.07 at 1:55 am

it’s a meerkat kinda day.

28 jen 07.21.07 at 1:59 am

that one in the middle is hilarious. he’s all kerrsplatt!

i want to knit them some sweaters and little stocking caps.

29 Lizzz 07.21.07 at 2:10 am

Oh man. I soooo wanna be that lil’ guy on the bottom, gettin’ the most love.

30 Ashley 07.21.07 at 2:36 am

Check out the one on the very right…. all like… “How dare you watch us?!” with evil death look

31 Dawna 07.21.07 at 2:36 am

Timons galore! So cute, although I do wonder why they’re all greyish colur while the one on the very bottom has brown fur?

32 morgat 07.21.07 at 4:56 am

Old joke… One sez “I have a tale to tell”. Anudder one sez, “I too have a tale to tell”. The poor guy on the bottom of the pile sez, “My tail is told…”

33 Kim 07.21.07 at 5:32 am

That little guy dove under there just before I took the photo. I had another one of him cautiously circling the pile, looking for his moment. They had been switching positions for a while to trade who got to be on the inside, and I guess he had enough of taking turns! We were quite surprised they were outside at all, since the zoo provides them with an inside space as well (lest you think the meerkats were being frozen due to meanness).

Sorry to anyone traumatized thinking it was some sort of feeding frenzy. :(

And Dawna, I think actually all of them have brown bottoms and gray tops–it’s just that this makes it rather more obvious.

34 AliceTanzer 07.21.07 at 6:00 am

..Theres a few extra heads in there! :D

35 Subhangi 07.21.07 at 9:12 am

MEERKAT HYDRA

Latin name/ Species: Suricata Suricatta Polycephalus

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Carnivora

Family: Herpestidae

Habitat:
Appears only in winter at meerkat holes. Number of heads ranges between five to twenty.

Conservation status: Numbers are threatened due to global warming leading to fewer winters. However, occasionally known to appear in places that have excellent artificial cooling.

36 Purple Belt 07.21.07 at 1:29 pm

They look all puffy and kind of fat. The ones I’ve seen on Animal Planet don’t look like this. Of course, it’s probably very different living in Missouri than living in the African plains.

37 Theo 07.21.07 at 3:13 pm

Subhangi! LOL!!
(OK maybe it’s the old Bio major in me… but man oh man…)

38 Annie 07.21.07 at 3:49 pm

Purple belt they are fluffy because they are in the cold and have puffed their coats out to keep warm.. Our short haired cats do this too and so do our chickens with their feathers.

39 Jill 07.21.07 at 3:56 pm

Just a thought…I think those are mongooses (mongeese?). The stripes and fluff give it away.

40 Annie 07.21.07 at 4:14 pm

Hmmm mongoose or Meerkat.. Don’t know
I think Meerkat as I am sure the senderiner probably marked it but here are pictures of both I am still going with Meerkat but hey I am no Biology Major and Subangi snicker..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Meerkat.bristol.zoo.arp.jpg

this was a banded mongoose
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mungo.jpg

41 stickler 07.21.07 at 4:31 pm

mongoose = pink nose

meerkat = black nose

A pile’o'black nosicles. Meerkats it is!

42 Jill 07.21.07 at 4:46 pm

Ooh, maybe!

43 Kara 07.22.07 at 7:35 am

Woah I live in Louisville and I’ve seen those exact anerable meerkitlets.

44 Purple Belt 07.22.07 at 11:18 am

Thanks for the explanation, Annie! I thought that might be the case. I see all kinds of fluffies in the winter, but just never had experienced meerkat fluffitude!

45 vasco 07.23.07 at 8:08 am

*
“wrr wrr wrrr
ya lil’ thing, we eat
ya up…”

LOL
*

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46 ThreeCatNight 07.23.07 at 2:47 pm

Those are some cute meers! (I especially like the expression on the one at the far right. It’s all: “Heh, heh, heh. Glad it ain’t me over there!”)

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