FEBRUARY 16 2008

For 100 In the winter meerkat's fur almost doubles in ___________ and gets thicker.

What is length?

For 200 How long have KMP researchers seen that single meerkats can survive depending on food availability, pregnancies, etc.?

What is up to a year or longer?

For 300 Rover groups are called what?

What are coalitions?

For 400 Meerkats are small, diurnal, groupliving carnivores that belong to the _______family (mongooses)?

What is Herpestid?

For 500 In the first year of life, individual helper contributions to most cooperative activities are related to variation in what?

What is body weight?

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FEBRUARY 17 2008

from Rattiesules1 2/27/08

For 100, This meerkat shares her name with 3 other meerkats in her family and an orangutan on Orangutan Island.

--For 100, Who is Daisy Whiskers?

For 200, This mob share their name with a blue-purple colored stone?

--For 200, Who are the Lazuli? (The stone is called Lapis Lazuli)

For 300, These two females gave birth in January 08 even though no one knew they were pregnant?

--For 300, Who are Miss Lilly the Pink and Finn? (I will also accept Frida and

DF of the Nutter group since I missed them)

For 400, Which group has the least amount of members in January 08?

--For 400, Who are the Rascals with 4 members, 1 being absent?

For 500, A new group is observed for a year, read the following and tell me how many members are left at the end of that year

January- A new mob of 3 adult females, 5 adult males, and 5 pups are observed...Female 1 and Male 3 are dominant couple...

February- Females 2 and 3 give birth to a total of 9 pups...Female 1 allows the females and pups to stay with the group. The burrow is raided by a rival gang and 3 pups are killed...

March- 1 of Female 1's pups is predated while out foraging.

April- Males 1,2 and 4 go out roving...Male 1 become DM of another group while Males 2 and 4 return to the group

May- A roving coalition of 7 wild males immigrate into the group and force the adult males out

June- A group split occurs, female 3 and 4 pups are lost from the group

July- Female 3 and 3 of the pups return...

August- Female 1 gives birth to 2 pups and evicts female 2, who is pregnant...

September- Female 2 sneaks back into the group and tries to overthrown Female 1 and is permanently evicted and disperses.

October- 4 of the adult males go roving....2 disperse...

November- the group chases another group away while foraging, the other group accidentally leaves behind 2 small pups, who are adopted into the group

December- Female 3 gives birth to 1 pups, the burrow is raided by another group but the pup survives

--For 500, What is 21 Members?

--For Chocoscorpion, Who is Willow in the Sneezle group and what is she is an

albino and recently had a litter of 3 pups who are all albinos as well.

FMF: 1500 + Chocoscorpion *Winner*

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FEBRUARY 18 2008

from FloweMozartFan 2/18/08 9:58 pm

For 100 What famous duo are still at it wooing the Whiskers females in January?

For 100 Who are Homestar Runner and Philippe?

For 200 Which group had the most members listed as Lseen in January?

For 200 Who are the Commandos with 7?

For 300 What evicted females failed to return to their groups in January?

For 300 Who are VWF103 Cheetara, VWF095 Ella and VWF104 Wiley Kat?

For 400 What does LOST mean in the pregnancy column on the LH report? Who LOST their litters in January?

For 400 What is the pups did not emerge or were found dead before actively emerging? Who are VWF118Squig, VWF075 Cruise, VWF083 Petra,VWF103 Cheetara, VGGF014 Klinky, VLF055 Grumpy,VMMF010 Hemulen, VMMF017 Misable, VRRF087 Blondie, VRRF094 Tooey, VRRF103 Islay?

For 500 Who had questionable pregnancies in January and why were they questionable?

For 500 Who is VWF090 Flo, VWF093 Billy, VWF097 Bananas, VLF102 Diana, VLF128 Papillon? and what isbecause they were absent at the end of the month so we can't be sure if they are still pregnant or what happened to the pups?

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FEBRUARY 19 2008

from Rattiesrules 1/19/08 9:35 pm

For 100, According to kmp, what are the conditions of the Kalahari that people might dislike?

--For 100, What are the Cold nights, the lack of lodge-style luxury (lack of tv, radio, newspapers), the Creepy-crawlies (Snakes, scorpions, and other nice stuff), and the walks (several km per day, with backpack, in cold and heat alike, in soft sand with spiky grass and throny shrubs attacking you)?

For 200, According to Evi, What sound do the researchers make to get the meerkats to feel safe in their presence?

--For 200, What is the "Reassuring sound", that sounds like hmmmhmmmhmmm?

For 300, What two groups were observed adopting a pup from another group?

--For 300, Who are the Whiskers with Axel and the Elveera with a female Zappa pup?

For 400, What meerkats celebrate a birthday today, how old will they be?

--For 400, Who are Danger Wank VCDM021, Suzi "Two Tone" MacFloozie VCDF022, Fizgig VCDF023, Baldersnatch VCDM024 from the Commandos mob, they are turning 2 years old? *Happy Birthday*

For 500, This dominant female hasn't had a successful litter since taking over after the previous DF, and has a younger but bigger sister that often asserts dominance, Who is she and who is her sister?

--For 500, Who is Aretha Lazuli and what is Diana?

Scores:
Squirrelly: 1500 *WINNER*

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FEBRUARY 20 2008

from Squirrelly 2/20/08 9:20 pm

For 100 On the KMP gallery, Toft and Misable are facing forward, but which meerkat in the photo is showing his rear end?

Who is Picasso

For 200 How many times was Stinker observed roving over to the Balrog females before winning dominance?

What is 27 times

For 300 What injury happened to Hannibal Vivian in a fight for dominance with Kudu and Boba?

What is he lost a digit

For 400 This Frisky meerkat is the name of a Buddy Holly song

Who is Rave'on

For 500 Which mobs are currently led by an older sister/ younger brother, and name those siblings

Who are Makaonkie and FinnMccool Drie Doring, Aretha and J Alfred Pufrock Lazuli, and Rocket Dog and Machu Pichu Whiskers

Scoreboard:

Kathy 1500 WINNER

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FEBRUARY 21 2008

from Kathyh3 2/21/08 9:30 pm

For 100: The need to placate the dominant female with grooming may be higher for subordinate _______ than for subordinate ________.

For 100: What are females, males.

For 200: Name Flower's littermates.

For 200: Who were Thumper, Hazel and Petal.

For 300: Who was the first group to be habituated in the then new Kuruman River Reserve? After a group split, half of the group combined with wild animals and was renamed what?

For 300: Who were Zion and Quantum.

For 400: A number of meerkats is only considered a group in the Life History protocol when what?

For 400: When there is a dominant female. (A group can therefore usually be considered LSEEN when there is no longer a dominant female; remaining males and non-dominant females are considered EM at this date.)

For 500: Which mob is located very near "The Heights"?

For 500: Who are Elveera (on the map)? (also accepted Frisky and Drie Doring from the descriptions)

For a Chocoscorpion....Name my favorite meerkat. Hint, the kat is no longer with us.

Favorite meerkat........Squiggy!

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FEBRUARY 22 2008

For todays questions you will need to go to the stories and poems section of this burrow and scroll to the bottom hit the prev 20 thingy to find meerkats in space part A..

100-In part A Cazanna sees a familiar face at the bottom of the bolthole. What name does she screech?

Harcourt Youssarian Mudd

200-What outfit does Rick Moranis show up in when he comes on the bridge?

Dark Helmet from spaceballs

300-Who is the kat that keeps screaming?

Daisy

400-When the strange, Quirkie music suddenly is piped overhead, what instrument does Mitch want to find to play along?

The bagpipes

500-Who does Cp Flower ask to take the Slew outside for a gallop?

Ensign Lurch

Kathyh3-1500>>>>>WINNER

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FEBRUARY 23 2008

from Kathyh3 2/23/08 9:27 pm

For 100: Which meerkat groups did Evi visit on her 2005 Earthwatch trip?

For 200: Who left their sentinal post to use Evi as a post?

For 300: Post the Meerkat Motto.

300: Respect the Elders, Teach the Young, Cooperate with the Family. Play when you can, Work when you should, Rest In Between.
Share your Affection, Voice your Feelings,
Leave your Mark.

For 400: What 2 other long term studies are LARG doing besides meerkats?

For 500: What are the requirements to be a volunteer for the KMP?

FEBRUARY 24 2008

from Flowermozartfan 2/24/08 9:19 pm

For 100 Where is the oldest US zoo?

Ok there was problem with half of my 100 question missing. So everybody is getting it right.

For 200 o are the Three Amigos? Tell me how they got their names.

For 200 Who are Sebastian (RIP little buddy), Rupert and Jellybean;they got their names from a contest on the ECMS thread on AP. The best names were given to the keepers and they chose who got which name?

For 300 Which of the Three Amigos loved to take sentry duty?

For 300 Who is Sebastian?

For 400 When was their meerkat enclosure dedicated? and why is this date significant?

For 400 What is September 29, 2007;this was the day after AP aired Journey's End and the enclosure was dedicated in her memory?

For 400 What is September 29, 2007;this was the day after AP aired Journey's End and the enclosure was dedicated in her memory?

For 500 What does their zoo diet consist of?

For 500 What is cat chow, dried apples, yams, carrots, crickets and mealworms? (per the SI Zoo website)

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FEBRUARY 25 2008

from Topkat170 2/25/08 9:15 pm

FEBRUARY 26 2008

from Eruth66 2/26/08 9:33 pm

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the_Slew 2/27/08 9:11pm

100-It has been confirmed that meerkats do not use these two clues to locate boltholes?

What are olfactory and visual?

200-Digging meerkats frequently stop and glance around for short periods. This is called....

What is guarding away?

300-Volunteers from this programme help gather data for the KMP researchers....

Who is Earthwatch?

400-Which meerkat is nicknamed "Pig"?

Who is Grumpy Moomins?

500-According to Sept '07 diary entry, what dominate and her littermate wore a radio collar and a heart rate monitor?

Who is Blondie and Fool?..

Grumpy-1500>>>>>WINNER

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FEBRUARY 28 2008

from GrumpyQueenOfMoomins 2/28/08 9:37 pm

For 100, One way or another, this kat is gonna get ya.

Who is Blondie Rascals?

For 200, You can dance with this kat in a club where the champagne tastes like cherry cola.

Who is Lola Zappa? (song is "Lola" by the Kinks)

For 300, If the Prince of Darkness wanted to challenge someone to a violin-playing contest, he would go to this kat.

Who is Georgia Moomins? (song is "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" by the Charlie Daniels Band)

For 400, This kat believes that emergency services are a joke in his town.

Who is Flava Flav Whiskazz? (Flava Flav is a member of the legendary rap group, Public Enemy, one of their most well-known songs is "911 is a Joke")

For 500, This kat is the youngest member of a singing family who all dress alike.

Who is Gretel Balrog? (Gretel is also the name of the youngest child in the Von Trapp family of "Sound of Music" fame. Gretel is not listed on the 2007 names lists but appears on the Balrog names list.)

Scoreboard

Tosca - 1000 (WINNER!!!)

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FEBRUARY 29 2008

from Tosca-Quirkie 2/29/08 9:29 pm

For 100 what health problems did Evi find in the Van Zylsrus school when she was an Earthwatch volunteer?

More than 80% of the kids have parents with alcohol problems. More than 90 % of the kids are HIV-positive, or have parents with HIV.

For 200 what did she find was the common education level for the children, and why?

Most of the kids finish school after primary school (subsidized by the government), because the parents cannot afford to send them to Upington to secondary school (not subsidized), or do not see the reason for higher education. The cost for a year in secondary school is ca. $1000 (US) a year - not much for us, but the world for them.

For 300, what was Balletcat's quirkie answer (in the Holidaze Retreat burrow at AP) to the question why do meerkats make a high pitched chattering sound?

Because it has been their dream to sing opera at the Met? (December 15, 2007)

For 400, what is the total rainfall in Van Zylsrus for February?

1.01 in or 2.5 cm

For 500, what were the first 2 words on Flower's collar?

Posted by West Coast Meerkat 8/17/07 on AP:

The first 2 words of Flower's collar say "Meerkat Project". It also lists the specific frequency, and something else that is too blurry to read. (and I am sorry that I cannot find the original post on AP today - mod must have deleted it)

For a juicy chocoscorpion, what color tights do you think Mad Max will adopt, to be Commando Reggie's sidekick?

SCORES