For Ever Meerkats

"Mozart Relief And Happiness"

2011-12-22T10:27:00.000-08:00

The December 23 was about to end, in many places of the World.
In the homeland of Meerkats, a soft but strange light could be seen as if coming from the sky... A light that seemed to grow as the hours went by.
The Starsky Mob had been foraging and having some problems with the Aztecs, who attacked them two or three times.
Suddenly all the members of both groups stopped right where each of them was, after having heard the cry made by a huge bird of prey; only this time, no one would think in running straight to the shelter of a burrow... They only stayed there, looking upwards, and soon this is what they saw:
The white, soft light spreading all over the desert seemed to get a little denser, having a globe-like shape with the size of the Moon. It stood there for hours, vanishing only after midnight, and only to return at dawn.
So, that very special day, it was like no one could think about food of any kind, under the influence of that strange new Moon. And no one was suffering from hunger.
When it returned, in Christmas Eve, it looked even bigger... Much closer to the ground. And it was so.
By midday, that Moon showed yet another mysterious shape: right in the middle, a little standing figure seemed to shine in gold and pink at the same time... When that figure appeared, all the newborns in the Kalahari felt refreshed, healthy and with their bellies full up. But, who was such benefactress presence?
Because along with the light had come a sensation of cold, but even with this no one was feeling bad.
Between the hours of evening and the night, the little Moon descended to the top of a tree, always with that presence inside.
And, could it be that it had little wings, like the Butterflies'? ...Well, yes: two pairs of them.
And could really be that the little figure looked so much like a Meerkat?
Again, yes, because that's exactly what the Starskys and the Aztecs saw immediately; and their eyes could never be wrong.
Finally, could it be that some of the astonished watchers recognized that winged figure as one of them?
Well, the answer can only be: "Yes!" ...Because suddenly the little presence started to talk, somehow, from the tree; and her words were sent to all, no mattered if it was Bird, Meerkat or Snake.
"Maybe you are very surprised, my good enemies and very good old friends. But I felt the desire of making a little visit to some members of my family; and to my own surprise, I'm here".
"I won't talk about old times, now, they're a big shadow covering my past, which turned me into a dark Moon".
"Now I can't return; at least not yet, but there's only bright light in me... You should actually see me like a little star. But never mind, good people. My presence here has another reasons".
"I wanted to bring this very night, to my own homeland, a little gift from very far away. One wich could bring a new freshness to all who must live in this desert".
"So accept what I'm giving, everyone, and stay tonight creating white burrows that tomorrow will be a pleasant memory, because I don't think I can do it again next year".
The first snowflakes started to fall, from the grey mantle of light, covering the whole desert... Still over that tree, the faerie-like figure watched her "little world" being covered, but remembering for a moment her sorrowful past...
"No", she said to herself. "That's lost in my memory, now... And what was my name? Oh, of course, they called me Mozart. But even that, is in the shadows of my past. Right now, if they could see me, I'd like being called something like... 'Lady Faerie'. Yes, that would be a very good name".
"The only sorrow in me, this time, is the impossibility to join them and play -even with Eagles and Snakes-, all through this beautiful night... The night that snowed in the Kalahari".

(Edited today, 1/23/12)

"Garden For Just One Flower"

2011-11-10T10:03:00.000-08:00

There was a strange planet
ten million stars away,
in which Meerkats were always
very happy and free.

It had mostly deserts
to play, and sleep, and thrive in;
but even more than that,
they had a true Queen.

And she was so famous
among her old people,
that no one ruled better

In their desert planet...
Only the Big Flower:
Queen who came from Heaven.

(Edited today, 1/23/12)

"Just Another Day For Meerkats"

2011-10-28T19:42:00.000-07:00

When the Meerkats decided

that they were not afraid of anything,

the perfect day for them to show that came again at last.

Much better, I guess... The other day I was running,

trying to have it finished and well.

Now they'd only like to know if some of us

do have shivers in Halloween...

Special - Meerkats In Strange Places

2011-10-05T10:06:00.000-07:00

Always Ready For Action...

Design Toscano...

Safari Park...

...England

"Castle In The Desert" - Farewell, Zaphod!!!

2011-09-07T10:39:00.000-07:00

Oh, Great King... I can't believe that I didn't even knew about your final moment.
You left in March, then; and what picture will I keep now, of you?
Only this one, I hope...

Have you seen Flower already? For there are so many flowers in front of your eyes, Zaphod.
Or are they stars? It doesn't matter so much, anyway.
Those are only empty words, now.
What's really important is what you can have: an invisible, but very big, Kingdom for you and the loving wife who lived by your side here on Earth.

Farewell, Great King Of Sands And Meerkats!
Never Forget What You Gained By Yourself!!!

"Special - Timon And Poppy"

2011-08-26T11:09:00.001-07:00

It Was Always Dogs Befriend Cats... Here We Have "Dog Befriends Kat"

A Pooch from Derbyshire has taken to sharing its dog food with an unusual best friend - a Meerkat.
John Bent and wife Sally rescued the meerkat, Timon, after it was savaged by other Meerkats in the couple's outdoor menagerie, the Daily Mail reports.
Luckily, however, Timon struck up a friendship with the Bent's Pooch, Poppy, who is a Chihuahua-Maltese Terrier.
Mr Bent told the news provider: "They are inseparable. They pinch each other’s food but never get angry".
Mrs Bent added: "As soon as Timon came into the house he went over to Poppy they bonded instantly".
"Poppy has a special spot on the settee and she allowed Timon to share it with her. It’s where they fall asleep in the afternoon".
Timon even has its own collar and lead and goes for walks with its canine companion.
The couple take their pets to schools and hospices to introduce them to children and teach them how to care for animals.

"Flower For Just One Garden"

2011-08-16T18:58:00.000-07:00

Little song without music, which I could finish this afternoon.
This would be what Meerkat Queens sing at their final moment in life, alone or surrounded by their family.

My kingdom was thought to last for ever...
East straight to sunset, like some birds do
early in the morning, which runs from the Moon,
returning to start a great Meerkat era.

Kingdoms of legend last ad infinitum...
And mine brought a future for many a Meerkat,
to shine like a desert of the Golden Era,
making us believe in the gods of good luck.

And now what I made for my kin seems all over...
Now remains my legacy for all to see
on them all, like the better part of me,
reigning like a Queen Star with crown of argentum.

"Very Special - The Best Of Meerkats"

2011-08-03T18:31:00.000-07:00

Four images of Meerkats that I liked very much...
Especially the last. I almost wish to be among them.

They really know about cuddling.

edubuzz

hellyeahmeerkats

animalphotos

"Wlidest Dreams"

2011-07-05T11:36:00.000-07:00

This is what many millions in the whole world were waiting!!!
A new series of movies, directed by no one else but Youssarian (sometimes in association with Zaphod), to delight his old followers who loved him through Meerkat Manor, with what he already called "The successful foraging" of the season.

(edited today; it had to be "Manor" instead of "Mayer").

Special - "Manor Meerketplace"

2011-05-19T17:19:00.000-07:00

It's another normal day
in the Manor Meerketplace...
The Chocolate-Covered-Scorpions
are ready to be enjoyed.

Flower's tent is full of bugs...
Crunchy Scarabs, juicy worms.
For everyone in the desert
knows that all she makes is good.

Over there, of course, is Zaphod
with his new Obedience School;
on the other hand, Youssarian
selling Beetles warm or cool.

Needless to ask about Mozart...
There's no nursery like hers;
and all in the Kalahari
will take their children to her.

If you want to look much prettier
-and make boys go crazy as well-,
visit Tosca's Grooming Parlour,
you'll be soon the fairest girl.

Now if you just need protection
or maybe a good advice,
an expert is always waiting
right there, in the tent of Mitch.

You'll always spend happy days
in the Manor Meerketplace...
And whatever you may need
a smile will shine in your face.

Very Special - "Their Only Place To Live In"

2011-04-28T10:27:00.000-07:00

The only place where Meerkats can live.

Meerkat misery: Thanks to that TV ad, they're now a must-have pet... But behind the cute image lies shocking cruelty - By Laura Powell, May 2010

Right at the back of the pet shop, between the cages of Mice, sacks of puppy feed and swarms of goldfish at £2.50 a pop, a little animal no more than eight inches tall is running up and down a poky mesh cage.
Simples, a one-year-old Meerkat, is on sale for £900, making him quite a money-spinner for the store. Despite his high value, however, he looks anything but happy.
His cage at Planet Pets in Radcliffe, north Manchester, is just 5ft by 2ft ('not good enough', according to the RSPCA) and he is kept in it alone, despite the fact that wild meerkats live in groups of ten to 30.
The animals are also hardwired to spend their days digging tunnels, but Simples has only a shallow layer of wood chips to play with.
And he's far from the only Meerkat living in these kind of conditions, because they are big business - selling at pet shops up and down the country for as much as £1,500 each.
The animals, which are native to Botswana, were originally bought from zoos by experienced breeders, but they are now in such high demand that amateurs are cashing in on the trend.
Why are they so popular? The clue is in Simples' name - it's the catchphrase of 'Aleksandr Orlov', the meerkat star of adverts for price comparison site comparethemarket.com.
This oddly compelling creation -a smoking, jacket-wearing puppet with a Russian accent- has more than 720,000 friends on Facebook and the advert has been watched more than 400,000 times on Youtube.
Some of these fans have decided to take their enthusiasm for Aleksandr Orlov to the next level by buying a meerkat - even though the RSPCA says the creatures are wholly unsuited to being kept as domestic pets.
The majority are prised from their litter-mates and parents and kept on their own, which can cause huge psychological trauma.
That ranges 'from self-harm to hair-pulling, pacing up and down and, in severe cases, chewing off their own hands', says the RSPCA's scientific officer Ros Clubb.
Then there are the injuries that 'tame' hand-reared meerkats can inflict on their owners.
They have centimetre-long canine teeth, which feel 'like someone sticking a penknife into you - very painful', according to meerkat expert Professor Tim Cluttonbrock, of the University of Cambridge, who has fallen foul of the creatures' gnashers.
Worse still, if you let them run loose indoors 'your carpets will be ripped up, any wires chewed through and if the Meerkat hasn't electrocuted itself, it'll certainly have ransacked the house', says Craig Redmond of the Captive Animals' Protection Society.
Unfortunately, none of this is stopping some pet shops and breeders from selling the animals - and neither is the law.
If the meerkat trend continues, says Craig Redmond, then many owners will tire of the animals long before the end of their ten to 12-year lifespan.
Huge numbers will be released into the wild (where 'they do not stand a chance') or will be put down.
But buyers are often told none of this by sellers keen to make a lucrative sale. even Planet Pets' manager Gareth admits the £900 price tag is steep - that's why the animals are sold individually.
Isn't keeping a meerkat on its own a bit cruel, I ask? 'No, it's not cruel to keep them on their own at all', he says. 'You can stroke it and have it on your lap and everything'.
Another pet shop owner I speak to doesn't have any in stock but 'can get his hands on them' for me at around £800 each.
Adam, of The Ark in Carlisle, even goes as far as telling me: 'They're much more interesting if you've just got the one'.
He doesn't mention that isolating Meerkats in captivity can cause them serious psychological damage.
'Meerkats are highly sociable animals, they need to be kept in groups and are probably rather unhappy alone', says Professor Cluttonbrock.
Last year, the Captive Animals' Protection Society secretly monitored meerkat sales during a six-month study. It found that the majority are sold individually and buyers are given insufficient advice and help.
'If the Meerkat is kept in a tiny cage in the shop, the buyer thinks that's how it can live all its life.
'They don't realise Meerkats spend most of their days burrowing and digging and need fresh air, company and space', says Redmond. even the most conscientious seller I spoke to, New World exotics of Beeston, Nottingham, (they ask would-be owners to fill out an application form and question buyers to find out if they're suitable) said: 'You can keep them indoors but they have to have free rein'.
But Redmond argues: 'It is outrageous to give a Meerkat a free run inside, especially if you are out of the house. The damage they can cause is catastrophic as they're natural diggers'.
None of that is mentioned by breeder Andy from Wigan, who is advertising three male pups on preloved.co.uk for £600 a piece.
Posing as a potential buyer, I tell him I work all day and wonder if that might cause a problem.
He answers: 'It could be'. But he quickly adds: 'The way around it is to give it a cuddly toy or something with your scent on it and it'll cuddle up to "you".
'They're similar to a cat really. They're happy to live in the house and are quite inquisitive... I take mine for a walk on a lead and they're local celebrities'.
Astonishingly, he even tells me I needn't necessarily feed my meerkat chicks, mealworms and insects (their usual diet).
'Their diet is... well, they can eat anything,' he says. 'Dog food, Cat food, live worms, locusts, sausages, anything'.
Such sales spiel anger s Redmond, who says: 'The people who are in it for the money are often ignorant of everything: the right way to keep them and their dietary needs. I can't remember a single pet shop telling me Meerkats need fruit in their diet.
'Keeping a Meerkat in captivity is never going to be good enough. There's never a way of keeping them that's as good and natural as when they're in the wild'.
The problem is that there is no law against keeping Meerkats. Owners do have a 'duty of care' to their pets and have to meet their ' behavioural and social needs' - or face prosecution under the 2006 Animal Welfare Act.
But such rules are hard to enforce. You don't need a licence to keep or breed them, so the number of Meerkats being kept as pets is impossible to estimate.
The majority are sold by unlicensed breeders, although exotic pet shops often act as middle men and offer to 'track one down' for you.
When I spoke to Danny at Manchester Pets and Aquatics he told me they had none in stock but said he could order one for a 'good price'.
The only shop I contacted that would only sell them in pairs ('because they can't be left on their own') was New World exotics in Beeston.
But even that wasn't good enough for Craig Redmond who said: ' They' re hardwired physically to live in colonies of ten, 12, even 30 - so living in pairs just isn't big enough.'
He adds: 'It's hard to be surprised by the numbers being sold. I visited one breeder in Leeds, a decent-looking couple in their forties living in a detached new-build on a nice estate'.
Right there in the hallway, they had five Meerkat babies locked up in a small Parrot cage, separated from their adults and the female adult was already pregnant again.
'She and the male were so wild, they were shut up in a tiled conservatory with nowhere to dig and absolutely no way of going outside'.
'Can you imagine caging them up like that? You have to ask yourself why would you be so cruel as to try to tame something that is innately hardwired to be wild?'
One need look no further than lonely little Simples, scrabbling vainly at the floor of his cage, to agree.

So this was, more or less, the situation last year. Let's hope that Meerkats can live in their own territory, and nowhere else.

...They can't live here in any way

"Wildest Dreams"

2011-04-16T17:49:00.000-07:00

I think I know where Youssarian went

since he left!

...To teach the Meerkat ways to his new Leopard friend, of course!!!

"Garden For Just One Flower"

2011-04-02T18:43:00.000-07:00

Only for all Meerkat Manor lovers... For here, we all accept Flower as our Queen and Mother in common (if anyone doesn't agree, just go to another blog / site). Well, this is what I wanted to leave here this time, having let the words flow instead of thinking them, so that you could read a new...

...Possible message from Flower.

"Dear children: It's been four years since you and me could see one another (through the heart, in my case). But no matter how much time may pass, if with this we can strenghten our little bond along with the feeling of belonging each other. There's someting about my death that maybe you haven't thought yet. I wasn't happy or proud in those hard and painful moments just for having fought for my people. I felt happy dying at the very entrance of my burrow. And anyway, dear children, you already know this very well: The flower doesn't live who can't leave her own future afterlife. So, whenever you see a dying flower, just smile as if I was there, because I can be right there, ready to bring myself back, somewhere, somehow".

"Garden Of Just One Flower"

2011-03-14T18:03:00.000-07:00

Flower in her birthday, receiving kisses in her extended hand.

I heard this song two or three years ago and thought

"It talks completely about Flower!"

Now you can read the lyrics and see it for yourselves...

She
May be the face I can't forget
A trace of pleasure or regret
May be my treasure or the price I have to pay
She may be the song that summer sings
May be the chill that autumn brings
May be a hundred tearful things
Within the measure of the day.

She
May be the beauty or the beast
May be the famine or the feast
May turn each day into heaven or a hell
She may be the mirror of my dreams
A smile reflected in a stream
She may not be what she may seem
Inside a shell.

She who always seems so happy in a crowd
Whose eyes can be so private and so proud
No one's allowed to see them when they cry
She may be the love that can and hope to last
May come to me from shadows of the past
That I remember till the day I die.

She
May be the reason I survive
The why and where for I'm alive
The one I'll care for through the rough and rainy years
Me I'll take her laughter and her tears
And make them all my souvenirs
For where she goes I got to be
The meaning of my life is

She...

"Remembered Ones"

2011-02-25T07:22:00.000-08:00

Do you know what has become
of a little great soul called Mitch?
Those were good times in Texas
up to where the sight could reach...
The stories about this Meerkat
were countless like the stars,
the roads and plains he traveled
like rivers, long and wide.

A great Meerkat soul called Mitch.

It's said beyond the river
that he saw a golden star,
and he took her for a flower
that would blossom only at nights;
but when it suddenly started to rain
that star became so bright,
that all the flowers of the land
woke up just like at dawn.

A great Meerkat soul called Mitch.

We can't tell Texas stories
if we don't talk about Cows...
But even then we'll mention him
and how much he was involved.
Because if any hunter
tried to catch one of the herd,
he always sent his alarm call
and all the Cows were safe.

A great Meerkat soul called Mitch.

He hadn't in all the desert
just one place to call his own...
If he decided to settle here
or there, it soon was done.
And the Horses running wildly
always knew if he was there,
and then slowed down their march at once,
or found another way.

A great Meerkat soul called Mitch.

The bad guys buried treasures
could be deep below the ground,
but when he did the dig and scratch
the gems were always found...
And it was sure for treasure hunters
to get gold in desert nights,
so they would always follow
the trace he left behind.

A great Meerkat soul called Mitch.

Well, I know still more stories
that I should tell in this song,
but that will take at least a week
if you want to hear them all...
For now, it should be enough to know
of how he cleaned his land
of Rattlers, Snakes and Vipers
well clutched in one hand.

A great Meerkat soul called Mitch.

Here, the song that inspired me is no other than that old cowboy song called "Ghost riders in the sky".

"Very Special - Valentine For Meerkats"

2011-02-14T17:11:00.000-08:00

This must have been the way

for Flower and Zaphod

to meet each other...

And be happy ever after!!!

"Very Special - New Place For Meerkats"

2011-02-08T09:17:00.000-08:00

Visitors Flock to New Meerkat Village

LONDON, Jan. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The UK's love of meerkats has been demonstrated once again with online visitors flocking to a new digital meerkat village, meerkovo.com. After just a few days of going live, the new site -which showcases comparethemeerkat.com founder Aleksandr Orlov's home town of Meerkovo- is already attracting tens of thousands of visitors daily. This follows the success of Aleksandr's autobiography, A Simples Life, which became a Sunday Times bestseller.

Aleksandr's army of UK fans (he has over 3/4 million friends on Facebook and over 40,000 followers on Twitter) are visiting meerkovo.com for the chance to step inside the home of the nation's best loved Meerkat. Visitors to the new and exciting website are able to meet new Meerkats, explore the village and enter buildings including the local Queasy Mongoose Pub, Yakov's toy shop, and Aleksandr's mansion.

From today, those entering the site will be able to challenge other Meerkat aficionados in the Queasy Mongoose Pub quiz, and stay up-to-date with all the latest Meerkovo news via the local paper, the Meerkovian. Over time, new games, Meerkats and interactive features will be added to meerkovo.com

Aleksandr Orlov said: "I have Sergei working seven days a week to build new website. It is called meerkovo.com. Here peoples can explore my local village Meerkovo and meet many villagers from old to young. In this way peoples can understand our plight and finally learn differences".

The website is part of new advertising campaign, which premiered on 1st January. In it the entrepreneurial Meerkat and founder of comparethemeerkat.com has turned documentary-maker to introduce us to the village of Meerkovo. The villagers are suffering as a result of people in the UK confusing his site with comparethemarket.com when looking for cheap car insurance quotes.

SOURCE - comparethemeerkat.com

"Castle In The Desert"

2011-01-20T15:22:00.000-08:00

Zaphod, in one

of his latest pictures...

That's how I want him to die when his day had come...

Like a baby, so sweetly;

And stay there as if standing proud. Like the King he still is.

But what can be the King dreaming in that picture?

Well, what else, but himself flying on a Golden Scorpion?

"Very Special - Khristmas"

2010-12-22T09:33:00.000-08:00

Meerkats... They're the new

and brightest stars during Christmas!!!

They almost seem to have been born

to celebrate this date, or remind us to do it.

First, they save their best songs for that day...

Then they wait for the Three Meerkat Kings...

And, of course, they're ready to say thanks,
like a very little prayer in their hearts!

Siniqwenelela Ikrisimesi Emnandi Nonyaka
Omtsha Ozele Iintsikelelo
(Merry Christmas among Meerkats)
-It's in the language of the Bushmen-

amazon, gardenfeatures and bestmediablog

"Widest Dreams"

2010-12-12T09:12:00.000-08:00

Being also, of course, Youssarian's birthday,

I had to make this new entry

dedicated only for him.

In an endless quest,
Youssarian left his world behind.
Under sun or rain,
to find a place and be the King.
Youssarian, you must know
that some Kings can rule from afar.
And though you walk long miles
there's no place as big as your heart.

Your horizon grew,
before your eyes, beyond your steps.
But, still you went on
with restless soul and tired feet.
Youssarian, you must know
that miles are much smaller than life.
And though you were crowned by the Sun
you'd have wasted long years.

In your endless quest,
there should have been a resting place.
In dark nights or days,
there's just one place where you can live.

And again, as I like to do, I used the music of a song which would go very well with Youssarian and all what he was:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY5i4-rWh44

"Castle In The Desert"

2010-12-12T09:06:00.000-08:00

For the King who reached his eleventh year

in the hard and so dangerous Kalahari.

Happy Birthday, Great King!!!

"Castle In The Desert"

2010-11-29T09:56:00.000-08:00

Just another song I could write for the Meerkat King.

Have you seen there, the Knight of the Flower?
In the desert that he knows so well?
He still stands tall, as if facing the Sun
with his eyes that remind you the storm.

His hands may be strong as Oak-Trees
and with them he can build an empire...
And his heart is in fire
when he's ready for war,
but it's like spring in days of love.

If he raised his hand,
everyone was ready
to enjoy a rest, or fight for him...
So he gained his throne
through a thousand battles,
and his wisdom by reading the sand.

A great King of his land,
and Knight of the Flower,
the best diamond in his own big crown.
Have you seen that Lord
full of Meerkat wisdom?
Standing proud there, the Knight of his Rose?

As I use to do, the verses can go -in this case- with the music of this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX07j9SDFcc

"Very Special"

2010-11-07T17:09:00.000-08:00

Meerkats Coat Of Arms... 1st Quarter, with the Eagle (maybe their most lethal predator); 2nd quarter, with the Sun which they greet every morning as much as he greets them; third quarter, with the burrow they most love and need; and the 4th quarter, with one of their favorite snacks.

"Mozart Relief And Happiness"

2010-11-02T17:37:00.000-07:00

Oh, I almost forget this day... That little Princess was born in the first week of November along with other three Meerkats. Now this little song is for her; the music should be one of another song whose bottom line says "A circle complete... The graves of love" (I don't know the name).

Mozart, if you could be born again, what you would do?
Will all that sorrows be left behind, like traveled roads?
And if you can find that Knight always dreamed,
will all your children grow up without hate?

You had lived to suffer...
Those days are forever gone.

A great and ill fate always waited for you,
while arrows of sadness would follow your steps.
But nothing of that ever will reach your heart...
You'll come with a shield made of silver hope stars.

And when you're there, looking all the world around,
your children will make a tale of joy.

Mozart, if someday you live again under that Sun,
I hope he'll watch over you this time, between the sands.
And if a danger that comes from the sky
is going to take all you've gained by own right,
may even the Sun light
protect all your most loved ones.

And when you're there, in the place of Queen at last
that crown will make all your dreams come true.

"Very Special"

2010-10-31T13:11:00.000-07:00

22 July 2010 - Last updated at 17:48 GMT - BBC News

Unlocking Meerkats' alarm calls
A study has shed light on how certain alarm cries made by Meerkats are more effective than others at alerting the group to possible dangers.
Researchers from Switzerland and South Africa suggest "non-linearities" make the cries "unpredictable", distinguishing them from other calls.
However, it is uncertain how the Meerkats produce the "non-linear" vocal sounds, the team adds.
The findings appear in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters.
"You have normal calls, which in the paper we refer to as 'linear' calls", explained co-author Simon Townsend from the University of Zurich.
"However, from time to time -about 20% of these types of calls- you get this intrusion of complexity, which we call 'non-linear'".
He added that the difference between the two types of calls was very hard for humans to hear, but the Meerkats were able to distinguish between the two.

Uncertain origins

The researchers used recordings of a series of nine "medium-urgency aerial alarm calls", the sort that would be produced by a meerkat when it spotted a potential predator in the sky above.
Four of the nine recorded calls possessed non-linear properties, Dr Townsend explained. "We focused on eight different dominant males from eight different groups", he told BBC News.
Once the researchers had ensured the animals were not stressed, they began measuring responses to the recorded calls.
"What we found was that they always responded more strongly to the non-linear alarm calls", Dr Townsend recalled.
"Five of the eight males ran to a bolt hole straight away- the strongest behavioural response. The remaining three males also responded more strongly to the non-linear calls".
In the minute after the researchers played the non-linear recording, the animals also showed a reluctance to start foraging again.
Dr Townsend said the study did not focus on what caused the animals to produce these non-linear calls.
"This is something that we are not sure about at this stage; why some of these calls have the non-linearities and others don't is something we want to probe a little bit further", he said.
Previous research has suggested that animals spotting predators make non-linear calls because the stress causes irregular vibrations of the vocal cords.
However, Dr Townsend would like to carry out more research before his team could support or rule out that hypothesis.
"You'd expect these non-linearities to be there if the call signalled urgency, but they are not- they are only there in about 20% of these types of calls", he said.

"Very, Very Special"

2010-09-23T16:23:00.000-07:00

The Meerkat and the weird Cat:

Lion cub makes

an unlikely new best friend
Last updated at 12:41 PM on 18th September 2010

It could be straight out of Disney hit The Lion King but this Lion cub and meerkat cuddling up to each other is real. Meet the real-life Simba and Timon.
The loveable duo have been best chums since new-born Lioness Zinzi was rescued by being taken into the home of zoo and safari ranch owner Marcell Tournier, 33, after the mother rejected her.
Just like cartoon character Simba -the Lion cub hero of Disney classic The Lion King- young Zinzi was also separated from her family and incredibly formed and bond with a wandering Meerkat.
In another incredible real-life parallel, Meerkat Bob acts like the movie character Timon as a drifter. The cheeky critter only comes to Marcell's when he feels like it and enjoys free meals.

Pictures show how the pair were inseparable from the beginning and are still good pals today- despite rapidly-growing Zinzi, now six months old, now vastly out-sizing her cheeky chum.
And there's nothing they like better than Lion around together in South Africa's summer heat.
Marcell added: 'Bob seems to have a "Hakuna Matata" problem-free philosophy and taught Zinzi how to relax'.
Zinzi was brought in at just one day old when Marcell realised her mother was refusing to feed her- a harsh reality of nature that could have meant the end of adorable Zinzi.
But almost as soon as the Lion had moved in to the home, near Sun City, South Africa, Marcell quickly realised he wasn't Zinzi's only fan.
Lively two-year-old Meerkat instantly took a shine to his new playmate.
Amazingly Bob began following his much bigger friend day and night and would even snuggle in at nap time.

'Bob likes having anything cute and cuddly around,' said Marcell. 'If it'll lie down and cuddle him he will love it'. The pair quickly formed an unlikely friendship and were soon doing everything together.
Marcell said: 'They play together, eat together and drink together. Whatever Zinzi was having in those first few days and weeks Bob would have as well'.
Bob is a celebrity face around the zoo, with some visitors coming back five or six times to see him again and again.
'Meerkats can be very aggressive but he's really cool', said Marcell. 'He's got loads of friends around here who he goes and sees every day. He plays with the Hyenas and other animals and they don't mind him.
'He pretty much runs the whole farm', he joked.
Bob's runs the sprawling Predator World Zoo and Game Farm, which covers 1,000 hectares in the country's north-west.
It is home to over 36 species of animal including Leopards, Cheetahs, Hyenas, Snakes and Birds.

"Remembered Ones"

2010-09-17T10:43:00.000-07:00

Continuing with my writings based partly in songs, I fortunately made this new one, dedicated to Mitch Wihskers, whose birthday was yesterday. In this case, the song would be "The fool on the hill".

Guardian Angel Meerkat

The Sun took height
born again from beyond
and in the morning quiet and cold,
there already he was.
Protecting his Mob from dangers
that only a good Watcher sees.
And the others could always trust him
for he was called Eagle-Eye Mitch.
Mitch, the Eyes of his Clan,
he was born to make them
never have any harm.

The Sun was high
as if burning the clouds,
and by the bushes standing proud
he was doing his job.
Like the best Guardian Angel Meerkat
he would never leave his place,
and the others were safe around him,
for his name was Eagle-Eye Mitch.
And he fought in his way,
for his people to stay
like a 'Kat Livingstone.

“Tosca & Daisy Relief And Happiness”

2010-09-01T11:11:00.000-07:00

Having seen that there wasn't almost anything about Tosca Whiskers, yesterday I wanted to write this for her, and with luck or help, I finished it today.

If we ever could cross our way,
I'd be there just to hear your words;
and you could tell of your life the whole day
like sad songs of ancient cords.

And if suddenly tears
start to fall from your eyes
I won't tell you 'no, don't cry',
'cause you'll know for yourself
that when big sorrows shine
they make all your sadness disappear.
So don't hold them,
they'll take all your sorrows away
and you'll have wings
that take you to Heavens of joy.

If you, little girl, could see me some day
just as you were born that time,
I would always let your little hands stay
like birds in the nest of mine.

Dear Tosca, your name will mean always so much
to millions of following friends;
and though you never enjoyed your crown,
you lived like a very true Queen.
So remember,
some crowns are for no one to see
while they shine there
like the Sun of the dawn in your head.

(The lyrics goes with this song by Enya):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?

And here, a picture of Tosca (or Baddiel) from the first days of this blog:

"Garden Of Just One Flower"

2010-07-23T19:15:00.000-07:00

Flower, A True And Great African Queen

After more than 7 days... I finally can bring here this picture.

I only hope that, just as I wrote about some entries,

it'll be a special way of honoring her.

"Castle In The Desert"

2010-07-01T10:29:00.000-07:00

(Short, but maybe not for so long).

I am very happy coming here to say that the great King of the Kalahari is still alive... If he lived already only a year over the average age for Meerkats, then anyway our King should be considered a very special person in his own environment. Even a Patriarch, or an Elder.

"Garden Of Just One Flower"

2010-05-15T07:04:00.000-07:00

Link to a wonderful video which should have been in my last entry honoring Flower... The name of the song couldn't have been more well chosen, just like the song itself. And here it is now, the amazing video, showing a most beautiful little woman who became a great Queen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHP07OWO3CA

Not mine, of course... Yet if I could make something like this, I would, as soon as possible.

"Very Special"

2010-05-07T07:25:00.000-07:00

After more than a month, I found this little information to update my Meerkats Blog, at last. This is a game made for all who watched Meerkat Manor, and now miss them so much... The show as much as the family starring MM.

In Lead the Meerkats you are a young Meerkat and you have a lot to accomplish. You have been separated from your pack and the time has come for you to form your own Meerkat pack. Are you ready for the challenge? Name your pack and its Meerkats. Dig burrow networks and enlarge your territory. Forage for food and grow your pack size. Stay on guard and be ready to make quick decisions. Run to the safety of the burrows or fight your enemies. Go head to head with a rival Meerkat pack. Lead your pack to victory and rule the Savanna. Lead the Meerkat is the first game to simulate the exciting life of Meerkats. Lead your pack and enjoy the company of these lively and endearing animals. Lead the Meerkats offers a fun gameplay experience for animal lovers of all ages.

You are a young Meerkat and you have a huge task ahead. You used to live a happy and peaceful life with your pack at the lush and green savanna but one stormy night everything changed. A rival Meerkat pack came from the desert and attacked your pack's burrows.You fleed in terror and got separated from the rest of your pack. In the darkness you stumbled to a river and got dragged under the water. Next morning you woke up from the riverside. You had drifted to the other side of the river where the land is dry and the living conditions are much harder. To survive on the dangerous savanna you must set up your own Meerkat pack.

Game takes place at the African Savanna. Game world is a part of Savanna that is surrounded by deserts and mountains. A river runs through the Savanna and divides it to two distinct parts. Western part is rocky and dry area. Eastern part is lush and green area. The game starts from the southernmost part of the dry side.

This is where your big quest is to be fulfilled...

"Very, Very Special"

2010-03-25T10:38:00.000-07:00

Two scenes from a Zoo's enclosure in Lisbon,

of a very close encounter...

"I Need To Tell You Something..."

"You're Right... Thanks, I Won't Forget That"

"Garden For Just One Flower"

2010-03-13T14:33:00.000-08:00

-Zazzle, Meerkats Wiki and KMP-

Birth
Flower was born on the 15th March in the year 2000. She was born in a group called the Whiskers, formed in 1998. Her mother was the dominant female of the Whiskers at that time, she was Holly, she was from the Young Ones origin. Her father was actually a roving male. He originated from a group called the Rascals. He was Kine. Her father was not the dominant male of the Whiskers, Argon. Flower's conception happened when Holly came into season after giving birth to her previous litter. Argon was not mate guarding her as intensively as dominant males normally always do. She mated with Kine and after seventy days (pregnancy for Meerkats), Flower was born. Flower was born in a litter of four pups. She was actually the smallest pup in the litter. She had three other litter-mates. These were her sister Petal, and her two brothers Thumper and Hazel. Her brother Thumper was the largest pup. Flower and her siblings were born during the time when the Whiskers numbered nineteen animals. Females included her mother Holly who was the dominant female for three years. Her older half sisters, Vialli, Zola, Aramis and Wahine. Her older cousins, Risca, Artemis and Aphrodite. Males included her step father Argon, his brother Delpheus, a wild male Beetle, her older half brothers Dennis Wise, Porthos, Athos, Rangi, Orgali, Tama. Her older cousins, Lancelot and Jean-Luc. Flower and her siblings spent their young lives under ground. The first of their family to meet was Risca (a yearling at that time) who curiously entered the birth chamber where Holly and the pups lay. Her mum Holly would go off foraging so her older female cousins or half sisters would often babysit Flower. When Flower reached the age of two weeks old, her cousin Lancelot was on babysitting duty when another group, the Lazuli first attacked the Whiskers burrow. The dominant female of the Lazuli, Ziziphus, almost killed Flower and her siblings but thanks to her cousin Lancelot who defended them, she survived. Flower reached the age of three weeks old and she was ready to emerge from the burrow for the first time.
Flower and her siblings were ready to head off foraging with the family at the age of four weeks old. The group foraged and at this age, all Flower had to do is beg for food. She was not expected to find her own food until the age of four months or more. She was brought food by the other Meerkats. The most generous of her elders was her half sister Vialli and cousin Risca. Her mother Holly, as the dominant female, didn't really contribute to bring food. As the they got older, Flower and her siblings went out foraging with the adults more often. As the Whiskers were moving fast, her sister Petal lagged behind. Petal calls reached her older half sister Vialli. Vialli went back for Petal until she heard the calls of another pup being lost: it was Flower. Vialli dropped Petal and went back for Flower. Once she got Flower and tried to return to Petal, Petal had already been in the talons of a Gosshawk. Vialli and Flower returned to the Whiskers. Although she lost her sister, at least she was safe. Flower and her brothers grew up more into juveniles. She did start finding food for herself and did not beg for food as much as she did as a pup. She started to take babysitting duties though she was still too young. She was about nine months old when her mother Holly gave birth to a new litter. That litter consisted of her younger sister Smithers.
Flower was an adult at the age of a year old. She now began to take babysitting duties and sentry duties. Eleven days after her the birth of her new younger siblings Smithers, Mr Burns and Montogomery, her mother Holly was taken by a Martial Eagle. Flower lost her mother on the 19th September 2000. Flower was still too young to take her mother's place as the dominant female, so her older cousin Risca took the position. The life for Flower and her brothers Thumper and Hazel did not change. Risca however was weak in terms of being able to control the breeding success of the other females. Most of the adult females mated with roving males. Her step father Argon and most of the males had left the group. Only Beetle stayed in the Whiskers and took the position of dominant male. Soon Beetle and some of the other males (including her brothers, Thumper and Hazel) left to go roving. A new group of eight Vivian males joined the Whiskers. Izit, one of the males, took the dominant male position in the Whiskers group. Risca still could not control the other females like a dominant female, like Holly, should and all above a year old (including Flower) mated with the new males. Risca, Vialli, Zola, Artemis, Aphrodite, Aramis and Wahine were all pregnant by the new males. Flower did not conceive. All the pregnant females, except her cousin Artemis, lost their litters to each other. Life in the Whiskers went. Some of the Whiskers males that left the group returned but were chased off by the Vivian males. That was the last interval where Flower saw her brothers Thumper and Hazel.
The Whiskers group dynamics were changing. Risca's grip on power weakened. She eventually lost dominance to Vialli. Risca, Wahine and most of the older subordinate females were evicted. Flower was now the second oldest female in the group. She and Vialli both mated with some of the new males. The former dominant Izit also lost his dominant position to his younger half brother Zaphod. Vialli often bullied Flower despite the fact that she cared for her as a pup. Both Flower and Vialli were pregnant. Flower was pregnant for the first time in her life. She was the first of the two to give birth, but Vialli killed her newborn pups as soon as they were born. Vialli then gave birth to her litter of seven pups.
Whiskers Queen
A few weeks after her pups started foraging, Vialli disappeared and was probably taken by a predator. Flower was the oldest female in the group and established her dominance over the other females (including her younger sister Smithers and her nieces Ugly Pup, Mi Julie and Rydapuni). She was now about two years old and for the first time in her life, she was the dominant female of the Whiskers. This was on the 7th February 2002.
Flower then began to take leadership of the group. Zaphod was still the dominant male and his relationship with Flower changed. When she was a subordinate female he had paid little attention towards her, but now being the dominant female, he seldom left her side. Vialli's pups made it to adulthood. Flower's breeding success was now increased as the dominant female. She was pregnant, but her nieces Mi Julie, Ugly Pup and her younger sister by nine months, Smithers, were also pregnant. Flower gave birth, but her litter was again, killed by another female, Mi Julie. Mi Julie gave birth but Smithers killed her litter. Smithers gave birth, but Ugly Pup killed her litter. Ugly Pup then had her litter which none of her pups made it to adulthood. Flower then began to evict some of her subordinate females. She evicted Smithers, Mi Julie, Ugly Pup and Rydapuni from the group. Flower conceived another litter again, and this time, there were no other pregnant subordinate females in the group which would threaten her pups' survival. That was when she gave birth to her very first surviving litter of three pups, Tosca, Stato and Skinner this was on the 18 / 08 / 2002. All her litter survived. This litter was fathered by Zaphod. After producing two litters, Flower came back into season and mated with a roving male from the Gattaca called Mr. Wendell Gattaca and gave birth to three pups. She produced litter after litter. As the dominant female, Flower had the right to breed exclusively for herself and would not allow any of her daughters to breed. Her two daughters Mozart and Baddiel both had litters of pups, but Flower allowed them to live. She did however attack and evict Mozart and Tosca from the Whiskers family. She then led a burrow move which forced her daughter Super Furry Animal (Daisy on Meerkat Manor) to abandon her pups and stay with her family. When the Whiskers split into two due to their large numbers (because Flower allowed Tosca and Mozart's litters to live), she led half of the family while her evicted daughter Tosca had enough nerve to return and take leadership of the splinter group. Soon the Whiskers were re-united. Flower was very furious with Tosca and banished her from the Whiskers for good. Flower was also a caring mother having produced over forty seven pups. Flower's breeding parner changed when Zaphod lost dominance to his litter-mate brother Yossarian, who became Flower's mate and fathered two of her litters before Zaphod deposed him. Flower ruled the Whiskers for five years.
Litters:
Flower gave birth to her first litter on August 18, 2002 to Baddiel, Stato and Skinner. The litter was fathered by Zaphod.
Flower gave birth to her second litter on November 8, 2002 to Einstein, Mozart, Shakespeare and Freud. The litter was fathered by Zaphod.
Flower gave birth to her third litter on January 24, 2003 to Cookie, Pookie and Sookie. The litter was fathered by Mr. Wendell.
Flower gave birth to her fourth litter on December 6, 2003 to Kinkajou, Rocket Dog, Ragga Muffin and Super Furry Animal. The litter was fathered by Yossarian.
Flower gave birth to her fifth litter on February 22, 2004 to Monkulus, Armanita Ditch, Pozzo, Lucky and Zarathustra. The litter was fathered by Yossarian.
Flower gave birth to her sixth litter on September 6, 2004 to Hawkeye, Logan, Mitch and Cruise. The litter was fathered by Zaphod.
Flower gave birth to her seventh litter on December 6, 2004 to Petra, Machu Pichu, Ningaloo and Popkat. The litter was fathered by Zaphod.
Flower gave birth to her eighth litter on February 22, 2005 to Kim, Flo and Finn. The litter was fathered by Zaphod.
Flower gave birth to her ninth litter on August 26, 2005 to Billy, Miles, Ella and Baker. The litter was fathered by Zaphod.
Flower gave birth to her tenth litter on November 11, 2005 to Bananas, Butch Cassidy, Sundance, Alonzo Mourning and Orinoco. The litter was fathered by Zaphod.
Flower gave birth to her eleventh litter on January 29, 2006 to Panthro, Cheetara and Wiley Kat. The litter was fathered by Zaphod.
Flower gave birth to her twelfth litter on September 2, 2006 to Suggs, Izzy and Busta. The litter was fathered by Zaphod.
Flower gave birth to her thirteenth litter on November 20, 2006 to VWM112 and VWM113 (Names unknown, it seems...). The litter was fathered by Zaphod.
Death
Flower had been in charge of the Whiskers family for five years. She was about seven years old. The Whiskers were returning from the days forage and Flower and the group came across a Cape Cobra near the babysitting burrow. The Whiskers managed to see it off but could not drive it away. The Cobra made its way into the Whiskers burrow. The Whiskers tried to mob it but without succession. Flower took it in herself went down below ground to confront the deadly intruder. She was given a fatal bit to the head. Her head swelled up from the venom bumping in her body to her head. Flower was weak and could not forage or join the others. She laid still near the burrow entrance until her last breath faded away. Flower sadly died. This was on the 16th January 2007.

In this way, I tried to honor the big Queen

and Mother Flower Whiskers...

I'm not sure, of course, of having succeeded in that.

"Very, Very Special"

2010-03-10T09:41:00.000-08:00

After so much time, I'd really like to make an entry made by me... Anyway now there goes this post, which shows -and promotes- a better life for the Meerkats who have lived in their desert for much more than 10000 years, and have the right to stay without being harmed in any way, just because of our big progress.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmhgctk3UeM

This video, you will see soon, was made by Animal Planet.

"Castle In The Desert"

2010-02-01T10:01:00.000-08:00

The King With Darwin

The Good Watcher

With Monkulus Pregnant

Thanks, always, to Kalahari Meerkat Project

"Very Special - Meer-ry Kristmas"

2009-12-23T17:49:00.000-08:00

The Meerkats come this Kristmas,

to give their special greetings to all the World!

http://www.youtube.com.watch?v=K10mnRfR3fw

http://www.youtube.com.watch?v=q9aLT0WOrGA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_z-meECyttA

"Wildest Dreams"

2009-12-12T12:27:00.000-08:00

Uncle Youssarian,
a man born to dream...
The great Desert was never
too big for his world
and he built through his life
many family trees,
making our eyes blink,
always in wonder.

With your wild dreams...
Where you will be?
Crossing your arms
letting your mind go far
to forgotten realms.
The life seemed not enough
to hold your soul inside
like a tree to the ground.
The days were not too long
to make you stay or wait
to become the true King.

Where there will be
another Meerkat like you
with his mind full of fire
and his heart full of wings?
Where that dreams have led you?
Shall we have our arms crossed
hoping to see you
giving some answer?

Which wildest dreams
have you fulfilled
against all odds?
Now who will ever know
where is your empire?
That place was made for you
so hard to find, because
it was there in your mind.
The Sun in front of you
would hide His shine, ashamed
with the fire in your eyes.

Your wildest dreams
must have come true
but with a price...
You had to leave your home
to conquer the world.
That's just the dreamers way
and of the brave, who always
think of fight and then reach the throne
of glory and might.

Out there you had to go and find
a place for your heart;
out there you had to find fresh grounds
to make grow your trees;
out there your spirit had to go
to get what was yours;
out there the nearby Kingdoms had
to accept that you were their King;
out there the Desert had to know
that you would be ruling it;
out there, the Meerkats of your land
would be in your hands;
out there, some warrior of the past
was guiding your steps;
out there perhaps your soul still rules
a Kingdom of dreams...

(Music from "Agreement" - Kitaro & Jon Anderson - ).

(Edited today, 12/14/09).

"Castle In The Desert"

2009-12-09T18:05:00.000-08:00

The desert Sun has passed again
and He received a thousand names,
but none like yours.
He may yet live a million years,
but we'll remember you instead,
our wise, brave king.

Zaphod, King
of our desert dreams...
Shining like the gold
of your age.
Being elder,
feeling wiser.
Your place won't change,
your strength won't fade.

Now from the big throne of your years
you watch that Sun and you don't blink
-He looks so weak-.
The time may seem like grains of sands,
but you'll remember to the end
the day she came.
Great King,
you should wear right now
a scepter for your perfect Reign;
a crown of stars.

Being older,
feeling stronger.

The sands might break,
the Sun might fade,
and still you'd stay
like a memory
made of stone.
Great King Zaphod,
don't stop ruling
in your Desert
through long, long years.

The music is that of the song "White queen (As it began).

"Special - Mother Figure"

2009-12-03T05:39:00.000-08:00

Now these children are in good hands

...Or, feel safe and happy.

www.funpic.com/

"Mozart Relief And Happiness"

2009-11-01T18:20:00.000-08:00

Mozart, sweet girl,
in your little Heaven
you're just great,
Princess Girl.
Mozart, Love-Star...
Not a single tear
will ever change
your smiling face.

We miss you,
we love you,
and cry for you...
But that's how things are here.
The only thing you must do,
is to shine with joy
like newborn stars
as much as you want.

Princess of Sands,
your tears have become
the longed rain,
bringer of hope.
Shed no more tears...
Even your lost children
will be there,
always for you.

You've been
after all
the best mother,
because a bleeding heart
is just as good as one
which can keep around
the ones that loves
and wants to care for.
(Your heart knows...).

Remember
to look
always forward,
and see what you may find...
For what we think it's lost
will return some day
a hundred times
and covered with gold.

Mozart, sweet girl,
if you're still in Heaven,
now I think,
that you're called there
"Princess Mother Star"
by many a soul,
Desert Girl.

My latest poem for Mozart, the Meerkat; the melody is the same of "Michelle, ma belle..."

The Meerkats.. The Movie!

2009-10-09T07:10:00.000-07:00

The Meerkats For Ever!!!

(And In Their New Movie)

Besides, yesterday there they aired the movie

about Flower's early days...

It means, double party for us Meerkat lovers!

Here, The Old Pictures Of Them:

Axle...

De La Soul...

Maybelline...

Mitch...

Rocket...

Sophie...

...And Tosca!

Now, The Whiskers Can At Last Be Very,

Very Much More Famous...

A big and long YAY, for them!

"Garden For Just One Flower"

2009-10-03T15:18:00.000-07:00

When your eyes
watching long and proudly
were set on us
through your magical crystal...
They seemed to shine
sometimes
with light of fire,
sometimes with Moon bright,
and always love of mother.

Your smiling face
didn't keep your pride hidden;
your burning heart
didn't turn your heart evil...
With little hands
you had to built a Kingdom
and you succeded,
standing tall
against the very desert.

Your children were
the happiness of your heart;
you felt them inside
as your eyes saw them 'round you...
They waited always
for your silent voice calling,
to move from burrow
or go to forage
before the Sun was higher.

But suddenly
you command made in silence
shocked everyone
through the magical crystal...
So we kept crying since,
like we had lost a dear one;
to ourselves saying
'For Heaven's Sake,
may I never forget her'.

Beautiful Lady
and Queen to many humans...
Now you're not there
but in millions of crying hearts.
And time means nothing
now you own past and future;
we're only wishing
that you may join us someday...
Souls shining for each other.

"Castle In The Desert"

2009-09-09T18:53:00.000-07:00

>>>>>Notes / Pictures, from the KMP<<<<<

Zaphod may be the oldest Meerkat in the population by years, and the oldest male in the project history... But he's far from being doddery! He's the undisputed dominant male of the Aztecs, and stands his ground when they are attacked by another group, but he also knows to let things happen when his niece and dominant female of the Aztecs, Monkulus, sneaks off with a rover... The King of the Kalahari has become a top notch babysitter showing great vigilance over his family.

>>>>> Charge! ( In His Best Days ) <<<<<

>>>>>> Reflexions... ( In His Elder Days, With 10 Ys ) <<<<<

Experienced as he is, he doesn't need to spend the entire day digging; his foraging is very efficient, and often crowned by the really succulent prey like scorpions and lizards. So Zaphod is still a very heavy male (about 870g) and is in good condition at the moment. Suggestions to smuggle him a bit of extra egg for his birthday will probably not even be very much appreciated by him... Right now there is a lot of food around and he isn't really fond of egg anyway. This doesn't mean though that his human friends in the KMP don't celebrate his birthday... Zaphod was born on December 9th, 1998, to Vivian VVF001 in a litter of three including his sometimes quirky brother and co-star on Meerkat Manor, Yossarian.

Also in the litter was a female named Rapunzel, who lived with her family for about three years and then disappeared as many subordinate females do.

The Kalahari’s patriarch was named after a main character in the popular novel "Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy": the Galaxy's president, "Zaphod Beeblebrox".

A star in his own right, Zaphod the Meerkat has set a new record. He has lived to the ripe old age of 10.
Quite extraordinary for a male Meerkat who fought many hard battles to retain his dominance at the large Whiskers group and survive two long hard droughts in his desert homeland.

After the loss of his long time partner, Flower, he decided to rove but figured out that life was too hard as a rover and he settled with the Aztecs, one of the splinter groups of the Whiskers headed by his niece, Monkulus.

Congratulations to your birthday, Zaphod, may you reign for many more years!

A Beautiful Movie - I'm Sure!!!

2009-08-27T12:04:00.000-07:00

11 videos made by the BBC -along with other company-

...And that I really want to see with calm and a time to enjoy them very well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9O5tpkEU3U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sss6TxuYPRY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xueiu2avjp8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkyShhODYO4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ddh-iaSXNU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl3x_71pD1g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY2tcKewudk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGZlPre5dE0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80GmtNuhcBg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFMXIde39pY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obHqKVkOsiA

"A New Series!!!"

2009-05-13T12:25:00.000-07:00

These are images from a very special series,

as of cards produced by Wizards of the Coast.

I guess I did get first than them, because they

-as soon as they find an appropiated topic-,

call the illustrators and make a whole expansion

with a certan theme... In this case, I chose both the theme

and the name most appropiated that could have

the new series of special cards:

Meerkadian Masques...

"Garden For Just One Flower"

2009-03-13T09:33:00.000-07:00

Something I wrote for her, now -and again- for her birthday. For the form, I used the song "Torna", sung -as far as I know- by Franco Corelli.

Your eyes were burning Suns
in every challenge,
when someone dared
to face your majesty...
And there you'd go at them
without a question,
to prove that only you could be the Queen.

Flower, of burning eyes
and soft heart,
of hugging arms
and strong hands...
Who's now under your care ?

Mother... To know each moment right.
Mother... To give welcomes and goodbyes.
Flower..., Flower..., Flower...
You gave your life for all, that day,
and now your heart will never fail.

Time doesn't mean too much
if you're in Heaven,
but here a year
can be a long long time...
When one much loved
has gone and crossed the Rainbow,
and only left behind sweet memories.

Flower, if you're still
there in Heaven,
its gardens
will be amazing,
for having such a Rose...

Mother... To keep your children safe.
Mother... To be loved and get respect.
Flower..., Flower..., Flower...
Your Sun set down inside that den...
A Moon of legends was born then.

(Edited today, 14/12)

"Very Special - 4 : Like A Gift From Heaven"

2009-03-10T09:42:00.000-07:00

At last... Two very happy and cute boys could share

their days in company

"Mozart's Relief And Happiness"

2009-01-14T16:59:00.000-08:00

Do you remember who you were
in that desert land so cruel ?
You were born to fight for your dreams
which fell from your broken heart.
Your life seemed a punishment
and you endured it all like a martyr...
Your love was big, but not so strong
against a life hard as stone.

Hold me tight... Calm your sorrows ;
Come, sweet girl... Forget all your sadness here.

Why do you tell me those things ?
Now I'm almost breaking down...
I can't believe that tragic life,
nobody suffers so much.
What have become of my dreams,
and where's the love I seem to have forgotten ?
If all you've said is just the thruth,
where I will find what I lost ?

Hold me now.. Calm yor sorrows here ;
come, sweet girl... Forget your old sadness here.
Hold me now...
for now you've gained a place reserved for Queens.

Don't stay sad,
cry only if you need...
There can't be sorrows here ;
and all you want
you will always have,
for those tears you've shed in life.

If my life after all
was an ocean of tears,
that my heart had to hide
while my eyes had inside...
there were no more ways
in which I could sail out
to reach this shore in my soulboat.

Now I know with all my heart
that I'm at last
where love can be so perfect,
and where my soul would like to stay
just to be part of every heart.
Yet if I stay here for long
while down on Earth there's someone
full of sorrows, I should take there
the love that's here
and change all sadness into joy.

Hold me tight... My little Angel.
hold me tight, your heart needs not to be blessed ;
come, sweet girl... Your love knows no frontiers ;
come, sweet girl... Your soul now needs to sleep here ;
hold me tight now... You don't have to go so soon ;
hold me tight... For now you'll live in the place,
in the place where you belong.

"Garden For Just One Flower"

2009-01-14T04:09:00.000-08:00

Star of my nights,
forgive me...
If time passed so much
and I didn't think about
how important you've been;
fill my heart
with your light,
please bring it to me
from where you're now,
and leave that love
shining endlessly.

Flower of my sky,
keep growing...
You've blossomed enough
but there's no end to
what you can give and receive;
being the Queen,
being the flower
you've got your hands full
with all the love
to give away
that you got in life.

Never forget how
we always have loved you,
as much as your children or more...
Never let that light
fade out with tides
of our troubled and hard lives;
don't let that happen;
we'll still love you.

Star...
My Queen Flower...
How I need to know
that yor smooth light
will always be
somewhere high above.

Star of my nights,
Flower of my sky...
Don't ever fade.

"Very, Very Special - 2"

2009-01-02T04:47:00.000-08:00

Sorry, anyway I came a little late, but... However...,

there are 363 days left to the end of year.

And these tiny hands and feet you're seeing

will take me straight to the end !

"Very, Very Special"

2008-12-27T13:17:00.000-08:00

The proof that Christmas can be for everyone to celebrate !

Meer-ry, Meer-ry Christmas

From the Kalahari,

From every Heart / Burrow

"Castle In The Desert"

2008-12-24T09:00:00.000-08:00

But maybe much more of us sent a thought to him...

The greatest King of the Kalahari.

"Wildest Dreams"

2008-12-24T08:55:00.000-08:00

Last week, many all over the world thought in him...

The other King of the Desert.

"Remembered Ones"

2008-12-07T10:01:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday, Kinkajou...

And never look back to your earthly life of unhappiness.

Now you have many rainbows at hand to play with!!!

"A New Hope"

2008-12-07T09:55:00.000-08:00

In your birthday, little Queen, forget all the bad things

you found in your short but well lived life.

Don't worry, Rocket! Just fly like a kite and don't stop!

"Daisy's Relief And Happiness"

2008-12-07T09:48:00.000-08:00

This week, she must be remembered for what she did...

And for what she wanted to do.

Now she can always see her dreams and desires come true.

"Special: The Family"

2008-11-13T07:44:00.000-08:00

Happy life, of some very happy creatures

"Garden For Just One Flower"

2008-11-06T17:08:00.000-08:00

So Brave, when she had to lead their battles as if she

was going to fight alone ;

so Queen, for all she gave and asked of her ones ;

so Woman, everytime her heart told her

what was the best thing to do ;

and so Mother, when she decided what was good for everyone,

or to take care of other's babies.

"Garden For Just One Flower"

2008-11-06T17:02:00.000-08:00

And for countless years no one will be able to doubt it.

"Remembered Ones"

2008-11-06T16:57:00.000-08:00

...Only wanting to improve her status in that harsh land.

"A New Hope"

2008-10-30T13:16:00.000-07:00

...And There She Knew How To Continue

With The Reign That Her Mother Left Behind

"Garden For Just One Flower"

2008-10-26T17:53:00.000-07:00

Your Ten Gems Of Virtue, Flower

Your name must have been created
To reunite in just one word
The most perfect gems of virtue
Not yet found in any treasure.

So beautiful and so woman,
To shine like a hundred stars
All day long, and so, keep showing
Everyone, which way to choose.

Very fearsome, much more loving,
Only to make the world see
How much tenderness had your heart...
How an Amazoness should be.

So righteous and compassive,
That very few of us would match you,
And Buddah Himself would watch
In amazement, what you did.

So strong and always so wise,
To defend what you called yours;
Or conquering nearby Kingdoms
While your heart already knew them.

So Queen and Mother of all
Who found shelter in your heart...
And now still remember you,
Or wish to hold you some day.

"Mozart's Relief And Happiness"

2008-10-26T06:53:00.000-07:00

...And The More She Suffered Big Sorrow,

The More Her Heart Fought For The Love

She Wanted To Give And Receive

"Widest Dreams"

2008-10-06T07:04:00.000-07:00

...And Only Him Was Able To Follow That Bright Stars

"Remembered Ones"

2008-09-20T07:42:00.000-07:00

Not much more to say... He always fought for his family

and maybe even his death was a victory

"Garden For Just One Flower"

2008-09-15T11:14:00.000-07:00

No matter how many things
must start or end, my Flower...
No matter how many days
can bring the night to us.

As long as there's a Rose
blossoming in fire;
or a Meerkat's born
bringing in the future...

Your memory will stay
even though mine fades
or becomes the thin air.

Your story will be
in minds, souls and hearts,
treasured and remembered.

"Castle In The Desert"

2008-08-30T16:03:00.000-07:00

...And He Will Always Want To Rejoin

The Love Of His Life,

Queen Of His Heart,

And Heaven For His Soul.

"Remembered Ones"

2008-08-11T06:31:00.000-07:00

"Remembered Ones"

2008-08-11T06:25:00.000-07:00

"A New Hope"

2008-07-20T11:50:00.000-07:00

She was indeed a sign of hope for the Whiskers group...

She passed away during the filmation of Meerkat Manor

4th Season, victim of a car.

BE ALWAYS HAPPY, ROCKET

"Inside The Burrow"

2008-06-24T07:37:00.000-07:00

The babies just got out from their Burrow...

Flower, Mozart & Daisy watch over them all.

“Tosca & Daisy Relief And Happiness”

2008-05-24T11:26:00.000-07:00

“Mozart’s Relief And Happiness”

2008-05-23T07:36:00.000-07:00

While The Queen Was Keeping Her Reign,

She Always Tried To Follow Her Heart.

"Garden For Just One Flower"

2008-05-17T10:59:00.000-07:00

Here Comes Her Own Movie... And This Picture

Should Say It All About Her

"Wildest Dreams"

2008-03-20T13:51:00.000-07:00

Well... Here's what Youssarian seems to have been dreaming

in many long, cold desert nights.

Hooray for his illusions!!!

"Castle In The Desert"

2008-03-18T11:08:00.001-07:00

The new Zaphod, going under the sadness of the Moon, and the dream of his Rose

"Following Flower's Steps"

2008-03-16T06:23:00.001-07:00

Maybelline, shining before the world,

and sure of herself;

ready to subdue anyone who dares

to try defeating her.

Go on, girl !!!

"Garden For Just One Flower"

2008-03-12T16:54:00.000-07:00

The Queen, Like Being Born Again,

And Watching Her Old Homeland

Beyond The Rainbow

Rest, Eternal Queen; Undying, Incredible Excellence;

So Caring And Tough; Intelligent, Noble Person;

And Courageous Enemy.

"Special: Family Tree"

2008-03-05T08:57:00.000-08:00

Well, this is their complete family tree, just as you could see it in a post in Animal Planet Latino. If you don't see the picture very well, simply open the pic by clicking over it.

"Special: Family Coat Of Arms / Birthdays"

2008-02-27T05:10:00.000-08:00

Some but very important dates...
And the Family Coat of Arms, with the Queen and the King in it.

02/22
Monkulus (Maybelline…) Whiskers (VWF063)- Yr 2004

03/13
Flower Whiskers (VWF026)- Yr 2000

08/18
Badiel (Tosca…) Whiskers (VWF049)- Yr 2002

09/16
Mitch Whiskers (VWM074)- Yr 2004

11/08
Einstein Whiskers (VWM052)- Yr 2002
Mozart Whiskers (VWF053)- Yr 2002
Shakespeare Whiskers (VWM054)- Yr 2002

12/06
Super Furry Animal (Daisy…) Whiskers (VWF062)- Yr 2003

12/09
Zaphod Whiskers (VVM032)- Yr 1998
Youssarian Whiskers (VVM033)- Yr 1998

"Garden For Just One Flower"

2008-02-15T11:01:00.000-08:00

If ever my words to you
seem coming to an end,
or simply loose their magic,
then the only thing I’ll find
will be that old ‘I love you’.

But what would be for you
the meaning of that word ?
A chain which would go
from your woman heart
to the center of the Earth.

The things that passed
through your enlightened mind
when you watched the sunrise.
Babies growing inside,
making your eyes shine
while your crown got brighter.

Yet if I hadn’t more words,
could I say the oldest ones ?
Though with different meanings,
you may accept them
through the crystal of your eyes.

"Remembered Ones"

2008-02-12T11:54:00.000-08:00

Here's Daisy Whiskers, Carrying Flowers To The Evening Party

"Wildest Dreams"

2008-02-09T05:18:00.000-08:00

Youssarian Whiskers, Now In Another Family,

And With The Chances To Be Their Leader

Go, Youssy, Never Give Up!!!

Special, Two Personal Links

2008-01-31T13:37:00.000-08:00

Mis otros blogs

http://www.back-eden.blogspot.com/

http://kabbalah-myths.blogspot.com/

"Garden Of Just One Flower"

2008-01-27T05:43:00.000-08:00

It's been a year without you, Flower, and very few things seem so painful.

Since your first day on Earth, the brightest star must’ve shone above you, through a ceiling of sand… In a protected night close to mom.
Then, unknown Gods of Fate entered the Burrow while everyone was sleeping, and gave you the invisible but eternal tokens of a golden reign.
With three years old, you opened the door of your own road to glory on Earth.
Not feeling broken inside because of having been evicted, you never looked back to cry and -once more- that star glittered over you.
So your Reign would shine -as it did- from the very start, like some forgotten, or legendary, empire.
For four years, then, you grew endlessly inside, with all you did and through your children… You were a very righteous Queen, punishing with one hand and forgiving with the other.
That’s what your children learned for sure ; that’s the best possible legacy of taught, to be followed for any of us who want to call his or herself child of yours, without the smallest feeling of shame or absurdness.
Now you’re having a well deserved rest in Heaven, maybe the biggest treasure has had been your own life, flower of seven petals.

"Remembered Ones"

2008-01-24T11:35:00.000-08:00

The New Einstein...

...Playing With His Atom-Toy

"Remembered Ones"

2008-01-24T11:30:00.000-08:00

Mitch.... Now The Foreseer

...Ready To Warn His New Family About Anything What Will Come

"Following Flower's Steps"

2008-01-19T09:22:00.000-08:00

The first video I found about one

who appears to be the true sucessor of the Kalahari Queen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=615zzMOC2I8

Have A Long Reign And A Longer Life!!!

"Remembered Ones"

2008-01-15T05:09:00.000-08:00

The Legend Of "Eagle-Eye" Mitch

1
Maybe no one in central Texas will forget
what did a boy called "Eagle-Eye" Mitch,
or the reason for he always would have swore
laying determinedly both hands on the Bible,
for a Queen that no one had ever seen.

2
"There's no Chief -you could always hear him say-
or a great President for me in some state...
I'm on my own and fine, here in my desert
with nothing more to see that sands and sky,
and a Queen in my heart above them all".

3
Well, he lived for years in the most dry land ;
and he grew fat with tasty bugs and worms ;
but most of all, this boy called "Eagle-Eye" Mitch
caught all Rattlers and more Serpents of his land
with one hand, to take them far, far away.

4
He used to sit by sunset in a cactus,
to watch the first star, shining from above...
Then when night fell he'd make quick a new burrow
right where someone had a treasure hidden,
to let all the precious stones to the fresh of night.

5
Soon Coyotes, and Wolves, and Birds of prey
gave up all hope of find him low-guarded.
In day or night, with sun or rain, 'twas the same...
When the hunter doing his best just found his steps,
Mitch was safe and sound a hundred miles away.

6
But because of his eyes he left us someday...
The most impossible love finally got him,
and poor boy "Eagle-Eye" Mitch had the heart split
for a woman who shouldn't have matched her...
The only Queen to whom he wanted to love.

7
So he found himself in the crossroads of choice
between heart and loyalty, sorrow or dishonor...
And he took the road which lead to loneliness,
the kind of land where there can't be pain or grief,
and where he lived, with his lasting memories.

8
But maybe no one in central Texas will forget
what did a boy called "Eagle-Eye" Mitch,
or the reason for he always would have swore
laying determinedly both hands on the Bible,
for a Queen that no one had ever seen.

"Remembered Ones"

2008-01-08T05:14:00.000-08:00

This is how I imagine Shakespeare in Heaven...

He discovers literature and loves it very much!!!

"Castle In The Desert"

2007-12-19T12:14:00.000-08:00

The lines and strophes are the same length than that of a song in german made by Richard Tauber, but without the music -I must say a little sad for I don’t know the name of that song-, it looses all its dramatic effect in each line.

Love Song From Zaphod (to Flower).

You were my Morning Sun...
You were my Guiding Star...
Through all these years.
Now you’ve become the sand,
this very sand I feel,
under my feet,
and when I touch you somehow
with both my hands,
thinking I’ll find your heart
(there...).
Even the brightest days
seem to me cold and dark,
like starless nights.

Now time feels so long and so worthless,
my life seems a Fall since you’re gone,
the Sun may appear every morning
but it looks as pale as the Moon,
because in the air of the desert
your spirit turns everything white,
but still there’s your heart shining somewhere
just like trembling shadows of light.

And little fires bring hope,
right when the soul gets lost
in loneliness...
But it’s my hands who need
to reach again your face,
and trying so hard
they just make holes in this sand,
to get to you
thru’ the night that’s below...
My looove!
Yet when my heart get tired
of looking for you in vain,
we’ll join... At laaast!!!

´"Wildest Dreams"

2007-12-18T13:29:00.000-08:00

Under the Sun, and posing together...

Anything you want, girl ?

"Garden For Just One Flower"

2007-12-17T13:30:00.000-08:00

The Queen Wants A Snack...

...The Queen Wants To Play

http://dailyanimals.net/gallery/meerkats

"Remembered Ones"

2007-12-10T12:47:00.000-08:00

The little Mitch, maybe learning to hunt. He had problems with a poisonous insect, but he survived, and now he has the chance

of being a Dominant.

"Mozart Relief And Happiness"

2007-12-09T06:38:00.000-08:00

It's very hard to believe that someone so tender and caring have had to live with so much suffering, but that happened to Mozart ... The most unhappy girl in the Kalahari.

She took care of many other's babies ; went into the babysitting bureau to feed the kids while the rest had gone to a battle against the Lazuli, and when Flower came back Mozart started grooming her ; then always tried to stay by her family ; cared for Shakespeake when he was bitten by a puff adder ; stood by Carlos' side when he was dying, and then very close to Kinkajou when she was dying, even tough she had killed her pups.

It talks indeed of a heart where there was only place for the biggest love... A Saint's love.

"We're All Meerkats Here"

2007-12-01T15:09:00.000-08:00

As I said in "Themes...", in this section we all accept Flower to be our Queen / Mother in common, and whatever she could say will be orders for everyone of us.

We know for sure, of course, that Flower -being our mother- would never want us harmed, or hurted in any way.

So this is the first thing she wants from us :

"Next time you go to the Zoo, dear children, go please to the Reptiles House and stay a while watching the Snakes with a smile in your face ... For, now I know well, that Cape Cobra was my enemy only in the Earth I left behind.

Here, instead, she will be my best friend when her own time comes.

From this you will guess soon that I already forgot what she did that day.

So, my dear children, try to love all the Snakes as much as you love me, because -once more- only in Earth that feeling brings great sorrow"

"Garden Of Just One Flower"

2007-11-26T06:09:00.000-08:00

In which Heaven's Garden

you have found a new home ?

With rain falling softly,

to renew the valley

you found of your liking.

Your Sun in his passings

shows a thousand colors.

There I picture you now,

running very happy

all day long and laughing.

How big will be a Garden

made for just one Flower ?

Surely it has no limits,

and yet you can cross it

like the wind of valleys.

But you're not so lonely...

Over there -watch better-,

little creatures standing

wait for you to join them,

in your Heaven's Garden.

"Legend of Meerkats"

2007-11-24T15:12:00.000-08:00

After the African Gods of old gathered in their big meeting hall, when everyone had already eaten the kind of food which here would only be offered to Pharaohs or Kings, the most important part of their meeting started at last.
“Since you already saw how many things I created -began Nyambe the greatest of them all-, also know why you’re here for”
He turned to the left and asked.
“What did you create, Behanzin ?”
“Oh, Great God and Father, I have made the Water Creatures”
“That’s good, for the Seas would’ve been much colder without them”.
He turned to another God.
“And what you created ?”
“Oh, Father, I made the Air Creatures”
“That’s good, because between Sky and Earth there had to be life”
He turned now to the right.
“What about you, Aberewa ?”
“Oh, Greatest Father, I created Trees, Bushes and Plants”
“That’s very good indeed, for now many Creatures will find a place to hide”
“And you, Oddudua, what did you create ?”
“I made all the Creatures that walk on ground”
“Maybe what you did was much better, for now there are many voices between Sky and Seas”
Now he asked to Ruhanga.
“And what did you add to my big creation ?”
“Father of Gods, what I finally could make, is this Creature which may look like a hairless Ape, but will be capable of changing completely the face of your big work”
“Is that possible, Akui, God of Divination ?”
“As possible as true, my Lord. They’ll try over and over to change the Earth at will”
Other Gods had created Rain, Stars, Mountains, Islands and Rainbow. And each one’s work seemed good for Nyambe.
Now the great God asked to Wele, who had been waiting in his seat on the other corner of the hall.
“And what have you created ?”
“I really didn’t know what to make as the others did, my Lord, and for that, I beg your pardon ... But after seeing all what Oddudua made, I chose two Creatures, combined them in one, and something new was born”
“Show me what you did, then”
So Wele took from under his seat a little striped Creature whose arms, legs and body were long but with the right proportions ; it was restless, but suddenly stood on two legs right over Wele’s knees, to look around.
All Gods smiled ; some of them let out a soft laugh. The Goddesses were delighted.
“Lord -said Oddudua however- I’m sure that he used a Cat and a Dog, of the ones I created to complete the glory of your work ...”
“Calm, Oddudua -begged Nyambe while Wele was apologizing and admitting what he had done- ; Wele, surely you knew that everything we could create would have its part to play in days to come ?”
“He’s right -intervened Akui. -From every kind of Creature, at least one of each will be appreciated and honored over the rest”
“So it’ll be the same for my little Creatures ?”
“Yes, Wele. But not until the cunning ‘Hairless Apes’ of Ruhanga had lived on this Earth for about 2000 years”
“Anyway -went on Nyambe-, that was the special blessing I had for every Creature of Air, Ground and Water. And I won’t punish you, Wele, because you have combined Dog and Cat in the most perfect way”
“I’m very much grateful, Father of Gods ... Only if you or Akui could tell me something else about those I somehow created ...”
“It’s all very dark because of the fogs of time, but I can see quite what you want to know. In that time, now so far and hard to see, they’ll be called Meerkats in some future language ; their life won’t be easy, but they will know how to face situations which others, counted by millions, couldn’t stand a single day. These Meerkat Creatures will form mostly big groups under the direction of one or two leaders, just like the Lion families”
“And how many of them, d’you think, will be honored or appreciated ?”
“That’s hard to know even for me, Wele. Yet I can guess the number of them will be four or five. What I can see a little clearer, is that some mother will become one of the strongest leaders, and she will keep her group well joined, as if with golden chains, to her very last breath”
“And could you tell me why you reckon she’ll get such honor ?”
“Only this comes to my mind : that all her life will become a symbol of what must be done, and even in her last days she will prove to be a true queen”
“That makes me feel glad about my little Meerkats ... Now I can wait all that centuries to see what you have foreseen”

"Tosca & Daisy Relief And Happiness"

2007-11-24T15:06:00.001-08:00

Poor girls ... But they only suffered here.

Maybe in Heaven they'll be appointed

to a big Meerkat Nursery !