Im Watching You
by Stephen Melia
Title
Im Watching You
Artist
Stephen Melia
Medium
Photograph - Print
Description
The meerkat is a small diurnal herpestid (mongoose) weighing on average about 0.5 to 2.5 kilograms (1.1 to 5.5 lb). Its long slender body and limbs give it a body length of 35 to 50 centimetres (14 to 20 in) and an added tail length of around 25 centimetres (9.8 in). The meerkat uses its tail to balance when standing upright, as well as for signaling. Its face tapers, coming to a point at the nose, which is brown. The eyes always have black patches around them, and they have small black crescent-shaped ears. Like cats, meerkats have binocular vision, their eyes being on the front of their faces.
At the end of each of a meerkat's "fingers" is a claw used for digging burrows and digging for prey. Claws are also used with muscular hindlegs to help climb trees. Meerkats have four toes on each foot and long slender limbs. The coat is usually peppered gray, tan, or brown with silver. They have short parallel stripes across their backs, extending from the base of the tail to the shoulders The patterns of stripes are unique to each meerkat.
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July 16th, 2017
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Comments (32)
Diana Van Tankeren
Meerkats are so adorable! Great capture! L/F and added to my favorites collection
Karen Adams
Oh my! I am sitting here with the biggest grin on my face! Such a cute capture!! Love the softness all around those wonderful eyes!!.....vf