Meerkats

Posted by Andrew Gould (Sydney, Australia) on 18 October 2007 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.

Another one from the Mogo Zoo, New South Wales, Australia. See this page from the zoo's website for information on these playful little animals.
http://www.mogozoo.com.au/pages/meetanimals.asp?PageIndex=2

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Comments (13)

Silvia from Austria

total süss!

18 Oct 2007 2:00am

Organik Mum from Victoria, Australia

Oh.. ok.. now you've got me. I love meerkats. They are totally funky creatures! Awesome photo Andrew! :)

18 Oct 2007 2:15am

Antonella.R. from Busto Arsizio, Italy

lOVELY!

18 Oct 2007 4:18am

MaryB from Staffordshire, United Kingdom

I love Meercats, they are wonderful little creatures, have you seen the TV program Meercat Mansion?

18 Oct 2007 10:11am

@MaryB: No I haven't, Mary, but I must watch out for it.

Mandy from Johannesburg, South Africa

How lovely...I think they're native to SA....well I know we have a lot of them at least.The last time we were in the bush there was a WHOLE family of them...by family I mean about 35!!! It was really awesome to see....they were scurrying about with their young. I'd personally never seen so many together in one place before. Great capture Andrew

18 Oct 2007 11:07am

@Mandy: Thank, Mandy. How lucky you are to be able to see them in the wild.

adalove from Alcala de Guadaira, Spain

They are indeed really funny! Love the same expression and pose in both. They´re really cute.

18 Oct 2007 11:49am

Manuela Photography from Hainburg, Germany

Oh I love these! I can watch them for hours and have a couple of takes in my blog. They are a riot! You caught these two perfectly ;)

18 Oct 2007 1:34pm

@Manuela Photography: Thanks, Manuela. They were fascinating to watch, especially when they started to run round and round their enclosure very fast, stopping rather suddenly at times to momentarily take up the pose you see in this photo.

Emilio Garcia from Plesanton, United States

Andrew: I never saw one of these animals before but the "aura-like" lighting around their fur gives this shot a very special touch - the animals themselves are very cute of course.

19 Oct 2007 12:02am

Takiyah from Snellville, United States

Great shot! These are too cute:)

19 Oct 2007 12:16am

Paulo Santos from Peso da Régua, Portugal

Another beautiful capture, Andrew! Funny expressions!

19 Oct 2007 5:50am

@Paulo Santos: Thank you, Paulo. I'm flattered by this approval coming from such a master of wildlife photography.

MaryB from Staffordshire, United Kingdom

Hi Andrew, I got the title wrong, it's Meerkat Manor on Animal planet.
this is a link to the home page.
http://www.animalplanetasia.com/meerkat_manor/

19 Oct 2007 8:39am

@MaryB: Thanks for the link, Mary. It looks like a fun site to explore.

Harald from Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Beautiful !!!

19 Oct 2007 11:30am

Japanalia from Yokohama, Japan

Wow! Wow!!!! Absolutely...definitely...my loves!!!They are the cutest possible things on earth and ...at times.....the meanest! But....aren't we the same? LOL
Gabriela

10 Dec 2007 8:45am

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