On the drive out to the salt pan we stopped to see a herd? clan? group? den? Timon's peeps? of meerkat The little buggers are so much smaller than I thought they would be.
The "cats" are about the size of a ferret. One of the local people had habituated them to people, so Cyndra and I got to walk up fairly close to take pictures. We got to about 50ft away.
Our presence did not affect their behavior to the slightest. They sat around and groomed each other. It was funny to see one of them clean his butt, the same way my precious kitty does. I've thought about my cats surprisingly little, but seeing the munchkins roll over and groom their butts really made me miss my morning doses of cat butt.
It was really interesting to hear the chirp like purrs of the mercats to each other. Along with a lion cub, they are now on my list of critters to take home.
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