MeerkatsCreated By: Kendall Jenner

Eat

1. Meerkats dig for their food. Meerkats have long curved claws and four digging paws.

2. Meerkats favorite foods are beetles,scorpions, lizards and grubs.

3. Meerkats have teachers to show them how to hunt for their prey.

Teachers also show young meerkats how to eat it too.

Habitat1. A meerkat lives in a tunnel called a burrow.2. A burrow is a hole or tunnel that an animal digs to use as a home.

Meerkats dig tunnels to make room for their family.3. Meerkats like to dig in the sand and sometimes lie in the sun.

Interesting Facts1. Meerkats belong to the Mongoose family. A meerkats size is about a

size of a squirrel.2. When Meerkats see a predator they stand together; they show their

teeth and hiss.3. A bolt hole is a hole in the ground where meerkats hide from danger.

Glossary

1.bolt hole: a hole in the ground where Meerkats hide from danger

2. burrow: a hole or tunnel that an animal digs to use as a home

3. mongoose: a furry animal with a long body and tail

4. predators: an animal that hunts and eats other animals