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I didn't see anything on them in our Totem Library, so I just wanted to "try my hand" at Meerkat before I do any research, to see how far from the mark I am
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First off, they're really very cute creatures to watch! :hug
Oddly, though they're called "Meerkat," their offspring are called "pups" :con
This reminds me that they are "community creatures" ~ a better term fails to come to mind
"> What *did* comes to mind was that they are a matriarchal
group who live in a family that works together. This could probably be compaired with a pride of lions, a pack of wolves, but my feeling is that it is more
closely compared to Prairie Dog.
Did I mention how cute they are?
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They go out and forage for food together, and bring nourishment back to their offspring. Although they leave their pups in burrows while they go hunt for food, they are left with babysitters ~ a family member or two takes turns staying behind to watch over the young during the day. Knowing this, I am left to assume that they are rarely left alone and prolly wouldn't do well surviving if abandoned.
The territory in which they live is filled with burrows they dig to sleep in, move around their territory and I imagine, to escape predators, going in one end and coming out another. I'm not sure if that part is true ~ that they use their burrows in that way, but I just thought of that :dunno Anyhoo, their digging these burrows reminds me of some of the lessons Badger teaches.
They have black rings around their eyes, which bring to mind the lessons of the "mask" Racoon bears.
They mate for life, but I cannot quite recall the significance in that :dunno
And finally, another factor that stands out for me about Meerkat is that they are more than one color, and that reminds me of the lesson of integration that multi-colored animals teach.
Can anyone help straighten this out, or perhaps provide *real* information on Meerkat Medicine? What is above is straight from me ~ what I imagine about their Medicine from what little I know of them :dunno
I didn't see anything on them in our Totem Library, so I just wanted to "try my hand" at Meerkat before I do any research, to see how far from the mark I am
First off, they're really very cute creatures to watch! :hug
Oddly, though they're called "Meerkat," their offspring are called "pups" :con
This reminds me that they are "community creatures" ~ a better term fails to come to mind
"> What *did* comes to mind was that they are a matriarchal
group who live in a family that works together. This could probably be compaired with a pride of lions, a pack of wolves, but my feeling is that it is more
closely compared to Prairie Dog.
Did I mention how cute they are?
They go out and forage for food together, and bring nourishment back to their offspring. Although they leave their pups in burrows while they go hunt for food, they are left with babysitters ~ a family member or two takes turns staying behind to watch over the young during the day. Knowing this, I am left to assume that they are rarely left alone and prolly wouldn't do well surviving if abandoned.
The territory in which they live is filled with burrows they dig to sleep in, move around their territory and I imagine, to escape predators, going in one end and coming out another. I'm not sure if that part is true ~ that they use their burrows in that way, but I just thought of that :dunno Anyhoo, their digging these burrows reminds me of some of the lessons Badger teaches.
They have black rings around their eyes, which bring to mind the lessons of the "mask" Racoon bears.
They mate for life, but I cannot quite recall the significance in that :dunno
And finally, another factor that stands out for me about Meerkat is that they are more than one color, and that reminds me of the lesson of integration that multi-colored animals teach.
Can anyone help straighten this out, or perhaps provide *real* information on Meerkat Medicine? What is above is straight from me ~ what I imagine about their Medicine from what little I know of them :dunno

