Humans liken them to meerkats or ferrets in appearance.
When the pups are ready to emerge from the burrow, the whole clan of meerkats will stand around the burrow to watch.
Meerkats make different alarm calls depending upon whether they see an aerial or a terrestrial predator.
Breaking from the series' pure documentary format, the film does not include footage of the project meerkats depicted in the story.
To provide bird and snake footage, professional handlers were employed, ensuring the meerkats were not deliberately put in danger.
However, the altruism of this meerkat puts it at risk of being discovered by the predator.
One or more meerkats act as sentries while the others forage for food.
During foraging times, the young cubs are left with a pair of babysitters, similar to meerkats.
