Saturday, September 02, 2006

Meerkat Manor

Is this not the cutest soap opera ever? All the family struggles and squabbles, plus the excitement of the occasional "war" with the neighboring meerkats.

Flower and Zaphod are the leaders of the Whiskers colony. They patrol and forage in their territory, which includes several burrows. The limits of the colony seem to be the distance a group of foraging meerkats can go in one day.

Shakespeare is my favorite of the family. He's so sweet and caring and tough, all at the same time. The first season ended with a cliffhanger. The Lazuli, a rival meerkat colony, invaded the Whiskers's burrow while Shakespeare was babysitting the pups by himself. He took the pups deep into the burrow, but the Lazuli found him and there was a fight. By the end of the episode, the Whiskers family had returned and run off the Lazuli. The pups were found alive and unhurt, but separated in the burrow. The underground cameras saw no sign of Shakespeare.

Will he make it?

The new season starts on 29 Sep 2006 on Animal Planet. I'll be watching.

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