Family Of Meercats At Ukumari Zoo, Pereira
by Al Bourassa
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Family Of Meercats At Ukumari Zoo, Pereira
Artist
Al Bourassa
Medium
Photograph - Photographic Artworks
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It took us a long time to find this Ukumari Zoo but it was worth it. Large expanses with roaming giraffes, zebras, elephants, lions, rhinoceri, and more, including the hippopotami from Pablo Escobar.
I honestly had never even heard of, or seen, a meercat until the movie The Lion King!
The meerkat (Suricata suricatta) or suricate is a small mongoose found in southern Africa. It is characterised by a broad head, large eyes, a pointed snout, long legs, a thin tapering tail, and a brindled coat pattern. The head-and-body length is around 24–35 cm (9.4–13.8 in), and the weight is typically between 0.62 and 0.97 kg (1.4 and 2.1 lb). The coat is light grey to yellowish brown with alternate, poorly defined light and dark bands on the back. Meerkats have foreclaws adapted for digging and have the ability to thermoregulate to survive in their harsh, dry habitat.
They live in rock crevices in stony, often calcareous areas, and in large burrow systems in plains.
Meerkats are active during the day, mostly in the early morning and late afternoon; they remain continually alert and retreat to burrows (or 'boltholes') on sensing danger. They use a broad variety of calls to communicate among one another for different purposes, for example to raise alarm on sighting a predator. Primarily insectivorous, meerkats feed heavily on beetles and lepidopterans, though they also include amphibians, arthropods, small birds, reptiles, and plant material in their diet.
Meerkats are highly social, and form packs of two to 30 individuals each that occupy home ranges around 5 km2 (1.9 sq mi) in area.
This digitally altered artwork is derived from a photograph taken Dec 10/20 in Andalucia, Valle de Cauca, Colombia, South America nestled in the Andes Mountains.
Final processing done with Smart Photo Editor and Photoshop.
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