Food
Meerkats have an excellent sense of smell, so they can find their food when it is hiding underground. They can also dig easily for insects , which are the biggest part of their diet. Their die consists of insects, small rodents, fruit, birds, eggs, lizards, and scorpions. There home territory is about 4 square miles or more. They hunt in a different territory and return the first area at the beginning of a new week.
Each meerkat finds it own food but the meerkat mobs work together to capture and kill larger prey like lizards. Water can be very scarce in the Kalahari desert but meerkats can find water in tubers and roots. They also get most of the fluids they need from their food. A meerkat bites off the head or abdomen of the animal or insect so their prey does not attack. Meerkats are immune to the venom of snakes and scorpions.
The meerkats move when their food supply becomes low or forced out by a stronger meerkat gang. In zoo's, meerkats are fed ground meat, cat kibble, mealworms, crickets, and fruit. Their favorite food is live insects, in the zoo. Some food is hidden in the exhibits which encourages the meerkats to use their strong sense of smell to search for it.
http://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/meerkat
http://www.livescience.com/27406-meerkats.html
Each meerkat finds it own food but the meerkat mobs work together to capture and kill larger prey like lizards. Water can be very scarce in the Kalahari desert but meerkats can find water in tubers and roots. They also get most of the fluids they need from their food. A meerkat bites off the head or abdomen of the animal or insect so their prey does not attack. Meerkats are immune to the venom of snakes and scorpions.
The meerkats move when their food supply becomes low or forced out by a stronger meerkat gang. In zoo's, meerkats are fed ground meat, cat kibble, mealworms, crickets, and fruit. Their favorite food is live insects, in the zoo. Some food is hidden in the exhibits which encourages the meerkats to use their strong sense of smell to search for it.
http://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/meerkat
http://www.livescience.com/27406-meerkats.html