I did watch "Meerkat Manor" last week -- thanks to the power of TiVo -- and it's great. (It now has a coveted Season Pass designation.) Cambridge researchers followed and filmed this clan of meerkats -- small, masked mamals that are tough enough to kill a cobra -- in southern Africa's Kalahari Desert. Sean Astin narrates what happens -- threats from predators, who's the boss of the bunch (Flower is the dominant female), who's been exiled (Tosca was tossed from the group by Flower, and I did I mention that she's Flower's daughter? She's lingering near the clan, hoping to get back in, and I think she will.) and how the kids are growing up (the teens are rebellious and it almost got them killed). It really is like watching a family reality show.
Check it out at 8 p.m. Fridays on Animal Planet. It's a whole lot more interesting than watching who can dance, yodel, sew or search for treasure.
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