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Christine:

Hello. This is Animal Helper, and I just want to let you know who you will hear, and what you will be hearing about. I'm Christine and the other people you will be hearing from are Trent, Corinne and Corey. This time on Animal Helper, our topic is meerkats. I hope you enjoy it.

Corinne:

Hi I am Corinne. I am going to give you an informative brief on meerkats. Meerkats live in south Africa, mostly in the Kalahari Desert. Their cousins are called the mongoose. Two of the meerkat's predators are foxes and wildcats.

Meerkats are born with little hair not full coats and their eyes are closed. Meerkats enjoy eating scorpions from their biome. Meerkats are sometimes taken out of their biome and put into enclosures but only for two reasons: they may be injured or orphaned.

Please take care of them. They are so beautiful, it would be such a shame for them to be endangered.

Trent:

Meerkats get killed and tortured. They stand up and watch for leopards, because leopards are really mean predators. They dig tunnels to hide from predators. They sound an alarm to warn that a predator is coming. They live about 12 to 14 years.

Corey:

Hello. My name is Corey and the segment I am writing about is what meerkats eat. Meerkats eat bugs and other kinds of insects like beetles or worms. Meerkats also eat grass and scorpions. Wow! Meerkats eat alot.

Christine:

Goodbye. I hope you enjoyed this Animal Helper. I hope you now know alot about meerkats. Next time, tune in for Animal Helper. From all the animal helpers here, check out the cool website www.meerkats.com.

(Photo taken by Mr Fuller at Perth Zoo)