Meerkat: Meet World's Most Murderous Mammal
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Meerkat is a small mammal that lives in burrows in the deserts and grasslands of southern Africa
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Also known as suricate, meerkat is a member of the mongoose family and are about 10-14 inches long
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Meerkat is known for their upright "sentinel" posture, which they use to watch for predators
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They are slender and have pointed faces, tiny ears, and black eye patches
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According to a scientific study, a meerkat was found as the most homicidal of over 1,000 mammals
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One-in-five will be violently dispatched by another meerkat, likely their own mother, sister, demonstrating how the female species is more deadly than the male
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The dominant female meerkat in a group banishes the other females when they give birth, killing and even eating their offspring
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Adults teach the pups how to handle live prey, like dangerous scorpions, and how to find different the prey
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They also teach the pups how to forage by watching the adults and how to react to certain threats
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