23 Photos Of An Adorable Shy Baby Meerkat Taken By Japanese Photographer Mamekoro
On a recent visit to Inokashira Natural Cultural Park in Musashino City, Tokyo, the animal lover came across an adorable meerkat family with newborn pups, one of whom was a little shy for the camera.
If you're not familiar with what a meerkat is, it's one of those adorable mongoose-like animals recognized for hilariously standing on their hind legs to look around. And if you think adult meerkats are adorable, just wait until you see a baby one.
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Tools to actually make money onlineRecently, Japanese photographer mamekoro51 visited the Inokashira Natural Cultural Park in Musashino City, Tokyo, and came across an absolutely heart-melting sight - a tiny baby meerkat shyly peeking from around a corner. The photographer took many pictures of the cute baby animal and they instantly went viral on Twitter - check them out in the gallery below!
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The tiny meerkat was shy at first but came out to say hi eventually.
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Meerkats typically live in the Kalahari Desert in Botswana, much of the Namib Desert in Namibia and southwestern Angola, and in South Africa.
Source: Wikipedia
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A "mob" or "gang" of meerkats usually contain about 20 animals but the number can go as high as 50. They live for around six to seven years in the wild but this number can double living in captivity.
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Baby meerkats are taken care of by "babysitters" - female meerkats that have not produced offspring. They also protect the young ones by taking them underground if danger occurs.
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Baby meerkats learn things like safely eating venomous scorpions by observing and mimicking adults.
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Image credits: mamekoro51
Sadly, on some occasions, adult meerkats kill the little ones of senior members to improve the position of their own offspring.
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Meerkats typically have about three pups in a litter. They leave the burrow when they're 2 to 3 weeks old.
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The tiny meerkat was shy at first but came out to say hi eventually.
Image credits: mamekoro51
Image credits: mamekoro51
Meerkats typically live in the Kalahari Desert in Botswana, much of the Namib Desert in Namibia and southwestern Angola, and in South Africa.
Source: Wikipedia
Image credits: mamekoro51
Image credits: mamekoro51
A "mob" or "gang" of meerkats usually contain about 20 animals but the number can go as high as 50. They live for around six to seven years in the wild but this number can double living in captivity.
Image credits: mamekoro51
Image credits: mamekoro51
Baby meerkats are taken care of by "babysitters" - female meerkats that have not produced offspring. They also protect the young ones by taking them underground if danger occurs.
Image credits: mamekoro51
Image credits: mamekoro51
Baby meerkats learn things like safely eating venomous scorpions by observing and mimicking adults.
Image credits: mamekoro51
Image credits: mamekoro51
Sadly, on some occasions, adult meerkats kill the little ones of senior members to improve the position of their own offspring.
Image credits: mamekoro51
Image credits: mamekoro51
Image credits: mamekoro51
Meerkats typically have about three pups in a litter. They leave the burrow when they're 2 to 3 weeks old.
Image credits: mamekoro51
Image credits: mamekoro51
Image credits: mamekoro51
Image credits: mamekoro51
Image credits: mamekoro51
Image credits: mamekoro51
Image credits: mamekoro51