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Flower - of the Kalahari - and her Whiskers. Zaphod, of course. Kleintjie, all in 3D. Swift & Ernesto. And later Sqirt & Weenie...The meerkats of the Kalahari Meerkat Project starred on countless screens and in books - do you want to learn more about the actors behind these stars? Or are you "just" fond of these furry little creatures that seem to value family above everything else? Or are you here to support the KMP research - and see what we've achieved with our support? Whatever it is that sparked your interest in the KMP meerkats:
Welcome to our Friends of the Kalahari Meerkat Project website.
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2020-05 May Life History File
A potential record number of pups in one litter may have occurred in Elrond’s Council this month as nine pups were seen emerging for the first time o the 25th. While DNA samples from the pups have yet to be analyzed, it is thought that all of the pups were…
2020-04 April Life History File
Re-habituation of Lazuli continues and good progress has been made. The group is now fully dye-marked. Three wild males had immigrated into the group after dominant male, Polon (VJXM295), was predated making it impossible to follow the group and collect ad-lib data. Both of dominant female Sigma’s (VLF230) pups born…
2020-03 March Life History File
This month a subgroup of Lazuli, Lazuli 2, formed but was short-lived. Annie (VLF240) and Lennon (VLF246) left Lazuli on the 10th and a few days later they were seen moving one of the dominant female Sigma’s (VLF230) pups to another burrow 500 meters away. The following day, Hakuna Matata…
2020-02 February Life History File
For the first time in four months, Zulus has a dominant male. After ongoing battles amongst the three Whiskers – Pixie (VWM201), Scuzi (VWM213) and Jay-a-Rod (VWM216), Scuzi emerged the victor. Elrond Council Smeagol (VECM006) was thought to have been bitten by a puff adder, suffering a severe forearm injury,…