Meerkat Manor

[jazzcat]

This is the site for the Friends of the Kalahari Meerkat Project .

It's the info from the actual researchers who are there studying the meerkats - what the show comes from. I was reading about all the different meerkat clans and was amazed at how many there are. Also they have a list of clans that are lost meaning they've died or disbanded since they started the research back in the 90s. I found it all very interesting but I learned some sad news that will probably be show in the coming episodes this season. I also learned that the meerkats can catch TB and that they've had to euthanize some to keep it from spreading. Apparently that is what happened to Big Si, the dominant male of the Lazuli (I think).

[3muttsandaboston]

I have been watching from the beginning and was completely shocked when flower died. I bawled like a baby especially when they showed her swollen little face. It said in the chat that she lived for 48 hours like that before she passed. They are making a movie which is coming out in 2008 about her and her group which I cannot wait to see!

[Hellow]

I occasionally watch it wheni can find time. I didnt hear about Flower dieing. RIP poor Flower.

[ramanth]

I only catch the show now and then and saw the episode today where Flower died. It really broke my heart.

I'm not sure if it was just this season or not, but it seemed every episode I saw a baby meerkat was dying or either killed by predators/rivals.

[slick]

I just used the link to watch the whole episode of "Journey's End". To say that I have LES is an understatement. I have tears rolling down my face for poor Flower. So see her hobble around after the bite..... it's more than I can take.

I don't get Animal Planet at home but if I did, I'd be glued to this program.

RIP dear Flower. As the narrator says, your legacy lives on.