APRIL 1, 2008

from Kathyh3 4/01/08 9:23 pm

Answer time! Thanks for playing!

For 100: What is the latest item that Commando Reggie steals?
What is a brush.

For 200: "In the Summertime". Who am I and what is my ID code?

Who is Mungojerry VLF101.

For 300: Who am I?

Who is Aragorn VYM073.

For 400: What does Professor Tim Clutton-Brock and Professor Marta Manser suggest stimulates cooperative breeding?
What is immediate selfish reasons.

(http://www.kalahari-meerkats.com/index.php?id=earthwatch)

For 500: Who was the youngest DF ever and on what date did she achieve becoming dominant?
Who is Babbelas VBF039, on February 20, 2005.

Scores:

jtutton99: 1500 {{{WINNER!}}}

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APRIL 2, 2008

from Jtutton99 4/02/08 9:53 pm

for 100 - where would you find the weather for Van Zylsrus, SA?

http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/68329.html

for 200 - where would you find instructions for Earthwatcher data collection and other information?

http://www.kalahari-meerkats.com/fileadmin/files/EW_Field_Guide_07_short.pdf

http://www.kalahari-meerkats.com/fileadmin/files/EW_Data_collection_short.pdf

for 300 - where would you find a list of the top 10 KMP rovers?

The other link provided by several of you is broken. Maybe Evi will see this.

http://friends.kalahari-meerkats.com/index.php?id=162

for 400 - where would you find Evi's pictures from her 2007 trip to KMP?

http://www.pangolin.li/travel-pics/namrsabot07

http://www.pangolin.li/travel-pics/meerkats07

for 500 - where would you find an ABC interview with TCB from January 4, 2007?

500 - http://www.abc.net.au/rn/inconversation/stories/2007/1817469.htm

I did give partial credit to several of you.

Scores

cordee - 1400 - WINNER!!!!!

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APRIL 3, 2008

from Cordee 4/03/08 9:23 pm

For 100 Which meerkat's "most favorite pastime" was roving, according to KMP?

Who is VLM003 Delpheus? I also counted Stinker. J

For 200 Among females, dominants and subordinates contributed similarly to ________, whereas among males, dominants contributed more than subordinates.

What is social digging?

For 300 What are present for about half the time that the group forages?

What is raised guards, sentry, or raised sentry?

For 400 Even in the smallest groups, _______ did virtually no babysitting.

What are dominant females?

For 500 Which very heavily pregnant meerkat vanished on Feb. 18, 04?

Who is VAF005 Morgause?

Scores:

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APRIL 3, 2008

from Eruth 4/04/08 9:26m

ddddss

Here are the answers:

For 100:In the Episode, On Dangerous Ground, what does Sean Astin say Youssarrian is doing?

What is on an extended roving trip?

For 200: What Meerkat has the same name as a fruit and what mob does the Meerkat belong to?

Who is Apple �?Frisky or Bananas - Whiskers?

For 300: One of the first suggestions for why helpers should assist in rearing the dominants off spring was that the helpers benefited from helping individuals who are related to them. What is this called?

What is Kin Selection?

For 400: The helpers thus adjust their "teaching" to the ________ or ___________ of the pups.

What is age or skills?

For 500: Helpers of both sexes contribute to four distinct cooperative activities in their group. What are they?

(1) Guarding pups at the natal burrow over the first month (babysitting),

(2) Feeding 1�?-month-old pups with invertebrates and small vertebrates after they begin to forage with the group (pup feeding)

(3) Renovating or extending breeding burrows and bolt holes (social digging)

(4) Watching for predators while other group members are foraging (raised guarding)

Scores:

Cordee 1500 - winner

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APRIL 5, 2008

from Cordee 4/05/08 9:14 pm

Today’s questions are about the Whiskers in the episode Balance of Power. Have fun!

For 100 What different kind of meal does Flower eat in this episode?

What is a bird?

For 200 Who is in charge at the babysitting burrow?

Who is Youssarian?

For 300 Which pup gets lost?

Who is Blossom?

For 400 Which subordinate female beats up another subordinate female and what happens?

What is Mozart evicts Daisy?

For 500 What happens to the lost pup?

What is Youssarian finds her and brings her back?

Scores:

Topkat 1500(Winner!!!)

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APRIL 6, 2008

from Topkat170 4/06/08 9:12 pm

For 100 What did Sean call Flower when she joined the play fighting in S3?

For 100 What is even desert dignatary has joined in the fun?

For 200 When Punk took over what was her style of leadership?

For 200 What is grab and smash? (I think Sean got this backwards)

For 300 __ __ is defined as an individual passing up the opportunity to pass it's genes to the next generation?

For 300 What is Less fit? (I was looking for two words)

For 400 Who is allowed to trespass on the neighbouring farmers land?

For 400 Who are the Volunteers?

For 500 Only during the _____ _____ and at _____ _____, they seem to notice you're there?

For 500 What is weighing sessions and at grooming time?

Kathy3 1100 (((Winner)))

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APRIL 7, 2008

from Kathyh3 (Jtutton scoring) 4/07/08 9:36 pm

Sorry so late....today was hell. I had to steal these questions. Hope I don't get arrested for plagiarism!

For 100: From Season 1 (show), when was the first time Tosca was evicted and why?

What is in the episode Boys Will Be Boys, because she had pups.

For 200: When recording the weight of the meerkats, if the weight is collected 15 minutes after the meerkat group has left the sleeping burrow it is recorded as what?

What is as morning weight interrupted (MWI).

For 300: Pups overnight weight loss was primary influenced by the amount of weight pups gained during what?

What is during the day before.

For 400: Where does Mbabane Balrog's name come from (origin)?

Where is the capital of Swaziland.

For 500: I'm a Whiskers, named after a basketball player. Who am I?

Who is Alonzo Mourning.

Scores:

jtutton - 1450 - WINNER!!!!

ratties - 700

It was just you and me, ratties!

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from Jtutton99 4/08/08 9:32 pm

Here are today's answers. Good digging you all!

100 - when was TCB's book signing?

Nov. 4, 2007

200 - using the March name list, identify the top 2 most prolific mothers and the number of offspring they have.

Flower - 21, Zorilla - 11, and I accepted Makonkie with 8 since I didn't specify living or dead. I took off a tiny bit for the wrong total.

300 - how much time do young pups spend foraging (not begging for food, but foraging or attempting to do so)?

18% new paper on KMP site

400 - which current group is the largest and how many members does the group have?

Nutters, 19+ (20 is acceptable as well)

500 - what real name litter do the MM stars, Achilles, Atilla, Mango, and Chutney come from (this can be determined by an educated guess, no special membership involved)?

Billy, Miles, Baker, and Ella.

Scores:

SG - 1200 - WINNER!!!!

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from Yllohc 4/09/08 12:23 am

Thank you Momakat for posting today's questions we were not sure if Squirrelly knew that she won last night so momakat stepped up and saved the day!!! Krazymeerkats

Okay here are the answers for tonights game, sorry they were so late but I was a last minute fill in.

100. Who is Baker Whisker, now DM of Commandos known as on AP’s Meerkat Manor?
Atilla

200. On the March LH report how many females are pregnant?
12

300. On the same report how many pups at the end of the month are still being counted.
58

400 How much rain fell at Van Zylsrus for the month of March?
1.28 in / 3.30 cm

500. What does Sean say about young roving males in S3 "a new day?"
Summer provides the best time of year for young roving males to ply their trade.

And for a Golden Gecko What color is Youssy's favorite lucky drawers?
For the golden gecko, black silk boxers with the orange polkadots

scores


jttutton99--1200 + gecko (you must have missed a group of 4 on the 300 question) WINNER
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APRIL 10, 2008

Jtutton99 4/10/08 9:59 pm

100 - how many litters were born in March, 2008?

7

200 - how many pregnant meerkats were present in March, how many of these were dominant?

12 pregnant and 6 are Dominant Females

300 - describe the picture, can you identify the group the meerkat is from?

 

Tortoises and a Rascal

400 - what are 2 probably reasons dominant females evict subordinates?

Dominant female removes competition for her own pups a chance to survive. Also the risk of a pregnant subordinant killing the DF's newborn pups is reduced

500 - habituation and data collection is not or cannot be collected for which groups?

Geckos, Java, Polaris, Toyota and Van Helsing

Sorry, I just copied krazy's answers because they were all correct!

Scores:

krazy - 1500 - WINNER!!!!!!!

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APRIL 11, 2008

from Topkat170 4/11/08 9:13 pm

For 100 Often territories overlap one another and a stronger meerkat group will overtake a?

For 100 What is weaker groups burrow?

For 200 What is RIA?

For 200 What is Radioimmunoassay - to measure meerkat prolactin?

For 300 True or False do females in large groups give birth early and have shorter interbirth intervals?

For 300 What is true?

For 400 While evicted, subordinant females suffer chronic elevation of their?

For 400 What is Glucocorticoid Adrenal Hormone levels?

For 500 All groups of less than 9 members became extinct and population density declined to around a third of its initial level why?

For 500 What is due to a year of low rainfall in the park?

 

Jt 1500 (WINNER)

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APRIL 12, 2008

from Jtutton99 4/12/08 9:57pm

for 100 - In S2 intro how do they describe Zaphod and Youssarian?

Zaphod, her dedicated partner and Yousarrian, his troubled brother

for 200 - who am I, my name comes from a psychic character on Phoenix Nights, I am a DM although I sometimes rove?

Clinton Baptiste

for 300 - What happened at Young Ones on March 10, 2004?

they war danced and attempted to excavate the babysitters of a wild group(possible the Abba) with a very bad fight resulting in one wild kat possible fatally injured

for 400 - What do the pups do when they reach the foraging area in the episode "the art of leadership?"

"While the adults do all the hard work, all the pups have to do is stick close and execise their vocal cords" I accepted the other answer since I wasn't clear on this.

for 500 - What are the most common causes of death in KMP meerkats?

predation, fatalities in fights with other meerkats (incl. infanticide), diseases or human caused factors like car accidents, but for 2/3 the cause is unknown.

Good digging, sorry for the confusion, I don't think it would have changed the outcome any, though. MSN is being quirky, though as I got the answers in my inbox in an order other than the order in which they were posted. Hmmmm, has Commando Reggie been at MSN headquarters? A side tunnel could have led there.

Scores:

Flomo - 1500 - WINNER!!!!!!

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APRIL 13, 2008

From FlowerMozartFan 4/13/08 9:28 pm

Good Evening Y'all!!!! Here are today's answers:

For 100 How many pups were assumed predated in March?

What is 7?

For 200 What does TornadoSlew find in the hallway closet this week?

What is a trapdoor leading to a tunnel?

For 300 This little gal shares her name with the hapless assistant of Dr. Bunsen Honeydew.

Who is Beaker Whiskers?

For 400 Young meerkats were _____ likely to give alarm calls than adults, but alarmed ______ in response to non-threatening species compared to adults.

What is less, more?

For 500 Alex Thorton recently pointed out "What we're learning about meerkats may help us........."?

What is "understand other cooperative breeders in grave danger of extinction, including African wild dogs and golden lion tamarins"? (This is taken from the article Balletcat posted yesterday.)

TornadoSlew 1500 {{{{{WINNER}}}}}}}

Balletcat 1500* For such creative answers :

100 - What is none - they are all simply attending the Teddy Bears' Picnic

200 - What is hopefully her sanity?

300 - Who is the inimitable muppet Beaker?

400 - What is thanks to Daisy's constant barking at anything and everything, they just give up and return to the burrow in disgust!

"What we're learning about meerkats may help us........."?

500 - What is "figure out why they are so darned cute!!!"

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APRIL 14, 2008

from the_Slew 4/14/08 9:25 pm

ddddss...here are the answers

100-Where would you find the suricata suricatta iona?

ANGOLA

200-What is the scientific order of meerkats?

Carnivora

300-In the story Mad Max and the Queen What do I suspect the Queen of England has in her purse?

Shakes and Tosca

400-What are the summer months in the Kalahari?

OCT-APRIL

500-Summer in the Kalahari is considered what season?

WET/RAINY

Jtutton-1500>>>>>>WINNER

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APRIL 15, 2008

from Jtutton 4/15/08 9:50 pm

for 100 - what do the researchers use to lure meerkats onto the scales (this item is also used in habituation)?

For 100 What is Hard-boiled egg?

for 200 - how did the researchers figure out about the answer to 100?

For 200 What is when the meerkats came back to hang around their burrow entrance in the evening after foraging, some egg contents earlier spilled on the ground had been cooked by the day's heat. Several youngsters sniffed at it, tasted it, and finally ate it.?

for 300 - fill in the blanks "meerkats have excellent senses of ______ and ______ so excavations may be prompted by ______ or ______ of a prospective meal?"

For 300 What is hearing and smell and sound or scent?

for 400 - what other food items did the researchers try using as a lure before figuring out the answer to 100?

For 400 What is "We tried locusts," says Clutton-Brock. "We tried obvious things that other sensible mongooses eat, like peanuts and peanut butter and minced chicken, various sorts of insectivores' [packaged] diets, mealworms, and God knows. They wouldn't eat it at all." ?

for 500 - name 4 other cooperative breeding animals other than meerkats

Everyone got these, there are so many, you all did a great job at this one!

Scores:

krazy - 1500 - WINNER!!!!!!

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