Meerkat lying down. Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) cooling itself down by laying flat on the earth. Meerkats are an active mongoose that live in undergr

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Meerkat lying down. Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) cooling itself down by laying flat on the earth. Meerkats are an active mongoose that live in underground burrows. They feed during the day, mainly on insects, while remaining close to their burrow. Photographed near Bela Bela, Mpumalanga, South Africa.

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