Are meerkats like prairie dogs?

[cracked junior]

On the Animal Planet they have the show called Meerkat Manor. They kind of look like a tall, skinny prairie dog.

It got me thinking if they are the african version of the prairie dog? and if its legal to shoot them in africa?

 

[Pigspitter]

they are not african prarie dogs but a cousin of the mongoose and I don't think you can hunt them

 

[zinj]

Very, very different from prairie dogs. They are carnivorous foragers, not grazers like prairie dogs. They also don't form huge colonies.

 

[scout26]

Yes, but do they taste like chicken ???

 

[MCgunner]

they are not african prarie dogs but a cousin of the mongoose and I don't think you can hunt them

Maybe not, but that show makes me want a .22-250 anyway. I'd just love to pick off some of those little beggars while they're filming.

I guess I have this thing about anthropomorphizing animals. It's movies like "Bambi" that led to movements like "PETA" from urban airheads that can't distinguish fiction from reality.

 

[Ghost Tracker]

Meerkats taste more like Bald Eagle than chicken, with just a hint of Spotted Owl

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They're not endangered so if you REALLY want to spend tens of thousands of dollars on an African Safari to shoot a highly socialized cousin of the Mongoose...I'm sure you could get your chance.

 

[Pigspitter]

I'd just love to pick off some of those little beggars while they're filming

The cameraman's reaction if one of those buggers asploed while he was filming would be beyond pricless.