Meerkats

It is remarkable that behaviour, which at one time could only be observed by dedicated field workers, is now readily available for all of us to see. | Meerkats, small group-living mongooses in southern Africa, have been so extensively studied and filmed that we can follow individuals through their lives like characters in an animal soap opera. | They are so habituated to humans that they will climb on and off weighing scales when a scientist wants to weigh an animal. | The Kalahari Desert meerkats, Suricata Suricatta, have been followed over generations.