Cute, cuddly and vicious: Meerkats on Animal Planet

Love, power, intrigue, murder. Has Animal Planet started running soaps? No, it's Meerkat Manor a new series that dishes the dirt on a community of the delightful, if diabolical, creatures that look like tall, skinny prairie dogs when they stand on their hind legs. Meerkats are probably best known from the motormouth character Timon, voiced by Nathan Lane, in The Lion King. But these guys are the real thing and live in Africa's Kalahari Desert where life is probably more dangerous than even Hollywood. Here we watch members of the colony mate, search desperately for food and decide whether to kill some pups so their own have a better chance of survival. Fun for all ages. The show airs Mondays at 8 p.m. beginning Jan. 30 and runs for 13 eps.
By Staff 
January 3, 2006

Love, power, intrigue, murder. Has Animal Planet started running soaps? No, it’s Meerkat Manor a new series that dishes the dirt on a community of the delightful, if diabolical, creatures that look like tall, skinny prairie dogs when they stand on their hind legs. Meerkats are probably best known from the motormouth character Timon, voiced by Nathan Lane, in The Lion King. But these guys are the real thing and live in Africa’s Kalahari Desert where life is probably more dangerous than even Hollywood. Here we watch members of the colony mate, search desperately for food and decide whether to kill some pups so their own have a better chance of survival. Fun for all ages. The show airs Mondays at 8 p.m. beginning Jan. 30 and runs for 13 eps.