We’re goin’ to the zoo, zoo, zoo

This month Becky’s Squares are focusing on odd things – you can interpret this any way you want so I am going to take you all to the zoo this month. San Diego Zoo to be precise and the photos featured will be either odd looking animals, animals with odd names, odd facts or slightly odd photos. I hope you’ll enjoy my selection.

Day 25

A “kat” is not a “cat” when it’s a meerkat, a vital, clever, and amazing weasel-like animal that is a member of the mongoose family. Meerkats have scent pouches below their tails and rub these pouches on rocks and plants to mark their territory. The territories of different meerkat mobs often overlap, resulting in constant disputes. Usually, a lot of aggressive posturing and bluffing precedes any physical contact. (Remind you of anyone?)

Meerkats have developed a way to forage in relative safety: adults take turns acting as guard while the others can look for food without worries. The guard climbs to the highest rock, termite mound, or bush he or she can find, stands upright on two legs, and then announces the beginning of guard duty with a specialized call. It makes a low, constant peeping, known as the “watchman’s song,” when all is well.

Only three more days left to join in with the ODD SQUARES month with Becky and the Square gang, so hurry up and get your post(s) in; the only rule is that the main photo MUST be a square – that is four equal sides! You have been warned 😉

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Heyjude

I have lived in the UK for most of my life, but when young I definitely had wanderlust and even ended up living in South Africa for several years which was a wonderful experience. I now look forward to a long and leisurely retirement doing what I like most - gardening, photography, walking and travelling.

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  3. They are fun to watch. There’s a mini zoo/conservation area not too far from us and watching the babies develop was a highlight of the year.

  4. Meerkats are definitely having a moment. I was interested in wild animals as a child, and had lots of books, but I don’t remember meerkats being centre stage.

    1. The TV programmes have helped. They are certainly cute. And sociable too, though they can also be cruel.

  5. On a floor where I worked, another department had rows of workstations. When there was a noise or sounds of something happening, all these heads used to pop up to see what was going on. We called them the MeerKats 😂

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  10. I love meerkats! There’s a house in my neighborhood that has a pair of stuffed meerkats (as in “stuffed toys”) that sit on a stone wall, and the owners dress them up for the seasons: Santa suits for Christmas, swimsuits and sunhats in the summer, and so on. They are hilarious.

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