eerkats are not very big, so there are some animals that will eat
them - if they can catch them! A jackal is a kind of wild dog that hunts
meerkats. Here is a picture of a jackal.
nother animal that hunts
meerkats is the serval. A serval is a kind of cat that is bigger than
the kind of cat you might have as a pet. It isn't as big as a lion
or a tiger, but it is big enough to eat meerkats.
Servals and jackals both have to sneak up on meerkats if they want to
catch them. If the meerkats see a serval or jackal in time, they can
run into their tunnels or get ready to fight. Meerkats have long
claws and sharp teeth that can make them hard to catch.
ere is
another enemy that meerkats have to watch out for, and this one can
be harder to escape. Martial eagles like to swoop down out of the
air and snatch up a meerkat. The eagles fly so fast that it's hard
for the meerkats to see them in time to hide. That
makes the martial eagle the most dangerous enemy of meerkats.