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90th Birthday: Mother Meerkat

Posted at 7:42 am September 18, 2006 by Dennis Corbran

Celebrating 90 years: San Diego ZooMother Meerkat with BahatiWindows Media version | Quicktime version

Mother Meerkat, also known as Vik Cowan, San Diego Zoo educator, shows us her favorite Zoo ambassador, Bahati.

“Mother Meerkat” is the sixth selection of our 90th Birthday Podcasts series. Download all the 90th Birthday videos here.

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One Response to “90th Birthday: Mother Meerkat”

  1. Javeonte Gibbs says:
    February 12th, 2008 at 3:15 pm

    Why do meerkats have a dominant alpha male and a dominant alpha female?

    Vik replies: The alpha male and alpha female are the animals in the group who breed. Since meerkats are social animals, this makes sense genetically, because it avoids inbreeding. The keepers tell me that the boss female in each group is the boss of everybody!

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