[x]

Browse More Like This

More from *ChrissieCool

View Gallery · View Prints

Featured in Groups:

#Animal-artist-united

Details

Submitted: June 3, 2009
Image Size: 481 KB
Resolution: 876×1158

Link

Thumb

Statistics

Comments: 142
Favourites: 198 [who?]
Views: 1,614 (0 today)
Downloads: 82 (0 today)

Camera Data

Make:Canon
Model:Canon PowerShot G7
Shutter Speed:1/403 second
Aperture:F/4.8
Focal Length:44 mm
Date Taken:May 29, 2009, 2:43:12 PM

Shop For This Camera

[x]

Meerkat Babyby *ChrissieCool

Photography / Animals, Plants & Nature / Wild Animals

Meerkat Vital Statistics

Vision: Colour. The dark eye markings act like built-in sunglasses.

Feet: Non-retractable claws. Four toes.

Ears: Closable.

Height: 12 inches (30 centimeters).

Weight: 2 pounds (0.9 kilograms).

Light-absorbency: Called the "Solar Panel Of The Animal World," meerkats use their dark-skinned, sparsely furred bellies to warm up.

Taxonomy: Members of the mongoose family.

Tail: 8 inches (20 centimeters) long and used as a tripod to balance the animal in an upright position.

Activity: Diurnal (active during the day).

Life span: 12 to 14 years.

...........

Photo taken at Battersea Children's Zoo by me