What's a Meerkat's Favourite Food?

What's a Meerkat's Favourite Food? | BBC Earth

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Meerkats are surprisingly picky with their food, and only like their eggs well done. Narrated by David Attenborough.
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@eviltwinnumber2 6 жыл бұрын

this dude really smashed open an egg straight on his head lol

@qwertyTRiG 6 жыл бұрын

eviltwinnumber2 I've done that myself with hard boiled eggs; not with raw!

@Silkendrum 6 жыл бұрын

He crumbled a hard boiled egg on his hat. Not the same thing at all.

@Silkendrum 6 жыл бұрын

someawe -- At 1:31 he cracked the egg against his head, not "smashed open an egg straight on his head". Big difference. Words do matter.

@LCbabyxO 6 жыл бұрын

eviltwinnumber2 haha loved it

@BothHands1 6 жыл бұрын

Craziness, you could see he regretted it after, while he was wiping egg goo on his hat. Thinking "I probably could have done that more gracefully, at the very least" LOL

@FlintSparkedStudios 6 жыл бұрын

And then we tried raw ostrich eggs. *smashes against his skull and faints*

@khalidalkhalid2639 6 жыл бұрын

FlintSparked no it will hurt but he will no faint

@autumnleaves5419 5 жыл бұрын

😂

@LordOfMkuze 4 жыл бұрын

😅😅😅😅😅 You’re evil

@striped_sponge7187 4 жыл бұрын

Smashing!!

@Kyle_765 4 жыл бұрын

Lmaoo

@chronoflect 6 жыл бұрын

Pretty surprising they didn't even try any of the test food.

@Silkendrum 6 жыл бұрын

I thought the bugs would be a big hit.

@critterfreek83 6 жыл бұрын

Which is odd, because captive meerkats love mealworms.

@Goddesswolf 6 жыл бұрын

They never grew up with those kinds of food, so they don’t see it as that. The mealworms did confuse me though.

@aprioriontoast704 4 жыл бұрын

Very odd they turned their noses up against the mealworms considering in the wild they love bugs

@themagnoliaproject864 4 жыл бұрын

@@aprioriontoast704 Yes but mealworms arent even in the top 5 of their favorite foods in the wild. Spiders, snails, rodents, birds, eggs, lizards, and scorpions are. They generally would let a worm live in order to find something that has more substance, unless they are starving.

@zozidedodo780 4 жыл бұрын

0:45 this worm just won the lottery

@lawrencecarr4973 4 жыл бұрын

I know right 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@theklobbahking9387 6 жыл бұрын

Y'know Pumba, I love eating bugs and singing like the next guy, but you know what I love even more? EGGS!

@annapaula290 4 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: there's a TLK graphic novel with a story called "Keeper of the Egg" in which Timon goes crazy about a big egg he finds

@annapaula290 4 жыл бұрын

@Mullerornis Didn't know that graphic novel was inspired by the remake. Is there more of them?

@annapaula290 4 жыл бұрын

@Mullerornis Oh yeah, I remember, they're in the same book. But aside from that book, are there other ones?

@ladisneyprincesse 4 жыл бұрын

Mullerornis Eggstasyyyyy

@Cygnus0lor 4 жыл бұрын

Boiled eggs

@KittySYT 4 жыл бұрын

Meerkats: These humans think that they can buy us with some food?! Oh, boiled eggs!! Sure. 🌚

@jameretief8327 3 жыл бұрын

That egg cooking in the sun gives you an idea of how hot that sun is.

@NoName-vy8vu 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the valuable insight.

@NathanChisholm041 2 жыл бұрын

Not even close to the real heat and power of the Sun!

@Pumpkintiti 6 жыл бұрын

They are so.....stinkin adorable. WOW that aren't afraid of human contact. They seem friendly. Would love the opportunity to touch them.

@daisymay6505 4 жыл бұрын

It’s an over 11 year study they are entirely used to humans

@sebastiandouse 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah they been filming the same colony of meerkats called the Whiskers for so long that they now know the camera crew and people who study them. I remember watching the show Meerkat Manor a very long time ago which is about the Whiskers and I am glad their colony is still around.

@ErisstheGoddessofmanhwas 4 жыл бұрын

In my opinion its not good , this way if they used to humans some bad people can kill them easily... i mean not everyoneis researchers (sorry for my bad English)

@RoulicisThe 4 жыл бұрын

It's not because they recognise some people that they'll be friendly to all of them. We are all very different, and these animals use smell to recognise each other. If somebody they don't know were to come near their nest, they'll know right away it's not one of their friendly neighbours

@sebastiandouse 4 жыл бұрын

@@HolyShitItsHim1 Yeah it is possibly their colony (there is a few other colonies they film as well), but I am pretty sure all the original meerkats have died by now since Meerkat Manor was filmed many years ago and meerkats do not live very long considering how hostile their environment is. If you have Amazon Prime then you can watch Meerkat Manor on Prime video.

@Jishan2511 6 жыл бұрын

Yesssss! It's David attenborough again narrating!!!!!! so nice to listen and watch without a blink. Nature + David attenborough = beautiful combination.

@terrance3218 6 жыл бұрын

I hear you on that one. I accept no other narrator.

@liltone9614 4 жыл бұрын

Any nature programme needs to have David Attenborough or else I’m not watching it

@juliorodriguez1634 4 жыл бұрын

He’s got awesome narrating skillz 😎🙌🏼

@samwright285 4 жыл бұрын

Agree

@msavetho 4 жыл бұрын

The best

@phillipmele8533 4 жыл бұрын

I guess when I think about it, it isn’t really surprising that the ground is hot enough to literally fry an egg.

@lindamclellan6113 2 жыл бұрын

Loved Meerkat Manor!! Cried when Flower died. Amazing little creatures.

@MrDougster37 5 жыл бұрын

David Attenborough: The man, the myth, the legend. Well done as always, good sir.

@aprioriontoast704 4 жыл бұрын

Every so often I google him to make sure he's still alive

@DeborahKeleman 2 жыл бұрын

They're the cutest little guys!

@sleeepybae1459 3 жыл бұрын

omg they're so cute especially when they stand!!! i love these lil guys

@alexisgrunden1556 6 жыл бұрын

I knew that skunks and beaded lizards went gaga for eggs (quickest way to make a new friend!) but I had no idea that meerkats loved hard-boiled and sunny-side up! 😂😂😂 Why does this make me love these little creatures even more~?

@susie154 4 жыл бұрын

What a blessing to be able to interact with these adorable creatures 👍

@saurabhprabhakarsingh5666 4 жыл бұрын

Meerkats : Listen guys... BBC is filming us so don't act like a greedy.... Be a good boi... 😜 😜 😜

@dahabizizy 4 жыл бұрын

The way he smashed the egg on his head😂😂

@crazyfx5242 3 жыл бұрын

They are so adorable! I love how they just go up to them and not run!!

@scuzzbecuzz 6 жыл бұрын

Love those meerkats!!! They are fascinating!

@stellaartois303 4 жыл бұрын

Everyone loves boiled eggs 😊

@padmavatimajhi8541 6 жыл бұрын

Hard boiled eggs are always yummm😋

@femcelgirlfren 4 жыл бұрын

I just got fired from my job and I’m watching meerkat videos on KZfaq to cheer myself up

@Mcthindi 4 жыл бұрын

Did type this in every you tube video"i got fired'

@claudiaphilippe5655 2 жыл бұрын

I hope things have gotten better for you.

@eventhorizon8014 4 жыл бұрын

He put the food right on their toilet spot.. you can see all their dumpings infront of it. 0:52

@uegk-zb9xp 4 жыл бұрын

Toilet spot😹

@da8874 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I should be watching at 2:00am

@kellieo.6983 6 жыл бұрын

David Attenborough would make an awesome Biology professor.

@vikramthakurpbh 6 жыл бұрын

I love the meerkats when i was in childhood... so you guys are doing really good job 👍

@MuhammadEgypt 6 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed this video very much. I could watch an hour more.

@mariialanovenko477 4 жыл бұрын

replay em

@applecore323 5 жыл бұрын

They got great taste. I love boiled eggs too!!! Raw and runny eggs are icky.

@michaelcrockis7679 4 жыл бұрын

What a fantastic occupation!

@paulinodoamazonas4248 4 жыл бұрын

Adorables animalitos .

@nicolakelly8906 3 жыл бұрын

They are so cute

@TheRealOAFs 3 жыл бұрын

Meerkat Manor is returning in 2021

@missthang4982 Жыл бұрын

Meerkat Manor was EVERYTHING! By gawd I miss that series. Three seasons is not enough Cambridge. More please 🙏? ....Pretty please? With love and respect from, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦

@alfonsoalonzo 4 жыл бұрын

First off props to the lad wmfor smashing an egg on his head in the name of science second its bannas that its actually hot enough to cook an egg

@cattameme 6 жыл бұрын

I like how theyre helping them instead of watching them die.

@misspinkpunkykat 5 жыл бұрын

Same people responsible for this Kalahari meerkat project are the same people behind Meerkat Manor. They did Jack schitt when the meerkats died even if it was a preventable death. Such as when a baby meerkat baked to death in the heat when the one meerkat who was brain damaged drug it out of the nest. You think they could have moved it aside and put it in the shade or get in touch with a wildlife rescue group. But nope. They just filmed it dying.

@heulkrampfer 4 жыл бұрын

@@misspinkpunkykat Don't go overboard, young miss. It's the way nature treats all living beeings, kill or be killed. We just erase it from the records to refine our species.

@lightavenaethervis9026 6 жыл бұрын

I wonder if they would go nuts with a little bit of garlic salt added to the boiled eggs.

@musictouch9184 3 жыл бұрын

Studying animals behavior is most difficult as well as interesting work.

@phuonghoang1161 2 жыл бұрын

“We tried everything we could find” *proceeds to bring 6 types of food* 😂

@TheGunnCat 4 жыл бұрын

This is one of the greatest things on earth.

@Nikohere 6 жыл бұрын

1:45 so satisfying😻💙them crackling sounds

@mckaylasmith4435 6 жыл бұрын

I want to work with animals in the wild like this 😭

@hoomanAdnan 3 жыл бұрын

Me too 😪

@sabdevera24 3 жыл бұрын

Sadly, you're not supposed to pet them or feed them. Idk abt meerkats tho. But most of the animals in the wild shouldn't be pet or fed by researchers, photographers or scientists.. Wild animals shouldn't see humans as food banks or smth like that

@HowToChangeName 2 жыл бұрын

They acts like my cat, sniff the food I gave and try to snatch what am I eating though its same food

@treborironwolfe978 4 жыл бұрын

Meerkats are just too friggin adorable to be so damn smart. P.S. That logbook displayed with the fried egg bookmark.. beautimus.

@joshuag.9341 4 жыл бұрын

Adorable

@nelodon2317 4 жыл бұрын

Those cats are so tiny. I thought they looked bigger

@mwall8687 6 жыл бұрын

I love a good boiled egg as well

@musicnature4 6 жыл бұрын

Secret of Animal!

@hellosunshine305 5 жыл бұрын

THAT MAN JUST WENT ALL IN AND CRACKED THAT EGG ON HIS HEAD

@TheYavy 6 жыл бұрын

I wanna hug them

@Sosa-qv4yc 6 жыл бұрын

I Love how he opens the Egg in 1:33. Like there isnt another way to Open it then crack it on your hat.

@GameArchiver 2 жыл бұрын

They are specialists so makes sense they would only eat very specific foods.

@MrDigit885 4 жыл бұрын

Man they are quick

@jeffery8982 4 жыл бұрын

Dude I’m learning so much about meerkats

@intellectualblackking162 6 жыл бұрын

Lmao he could’ve easily smashed the egg on the ground 😂😂😂

@richgg2 6 жыл бұрын

So freaking cute!

@suzukiyakudze2131 4 жыл бұрын

What a great job this guys do, may god give you guys a right path, thanks for great movies guys.

@GenericName007 3 жыл бұрын

Found it odd they wouldn't eat any of that food. I spent a lot of time watching Meerkat Manor and they seem to emphasize it was always a struggle keeping the group fed. I would think they would munch down on some free food.

@O.Ez8 6 жыл бұрын

Id be watching my back out there in the wild lol

@sabzalikhan 6 жыл бұрын

Who else thinks that BBC earth is following meerkat for the last two weeks@meerkat😺

@cornspoons 5 жыл бұрын

u know he's living the life when he has an egg cracking hat.

@TobyStClair 6 жыл бұрын

More meerkats please

@eastatlanta5053 4 жыл бұрын

I bet they got some foul farts 😂😂

@gordogordito87 6 жыл бұрын

Very interesting, thanks for the content

@anonymousstout4759 4 жыл бұрын

KZfaq 2 am: what is meerkat's favourite food??..... Nice question!!

@waliyapukunum137 4 жыл бұрын

I love the narrator

@fly3209 4 жыл бұрын

cute they are...

@danylcarreno790 3 жыл бұрын

Cuidar la naturaleza es un trabajo noble...

@koyo3406 6 жыл бұрын

The baby meerkat at 2:41 😍😍 #animalloveforever

@leonk7568 6 жыл бұрын

Meerkats are to freakin cute!

@jellomanlol 6 жыл бұрын

This was cute af

@goudjomichel 4 жыл бұрын

Nah that's some boujie merkats, the real ones would have cleaned the food. 🤣

@MariePriss 3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@captainamerica8399 4 жыл бұрын

Timon is a savage

@melbournechurch234 4 жыл бұрын

Very Educative

@simplywonderful449 2 жыл бұрын

The meerkats ate a cooked egg? Hey, NOBODY wants samonella!

@Vaudiven 2 жыл бұрын

AWWW now i want a meerkat damnit this is adorable

@lilliew1520 2 жыл бұрын

I love boiled eggs too!

@orlandohernandez0908 4 жыл бұрын

I think they work together to put all their eggs in one basket....

@BlessedYouTuber 3 жыл бұрын

Two years of trials and failures. Therefore, whatever you do, never give up.

@geraldinemichael8183 6 жыл бұрын

They are so cute and intelligent,baie oulik

@kumarishriya5482 Жыл бұрын

1:55 I am just thinking how hot it must have gotten for an egg to get cooked like that..

@mytymini7641 4 жыл бұрын

Well, I know meerkarts favorite snack is scorpion

@hatimsalim1355 3 жыл бұрын

fussy eaters better than most humans 😂

@Celestial_Wing 6 жыл бұрын

Meerkats watch Hell Kitchen, so they know better than to eat raw food.

@dubu999 6 жыл бұрын

Cute

@NatureWitch 4 жыл бұрын

Awwwe they're so cute! I want to join the project too!

@darklyresplendentone 6 жыл бұрын

Love it, love it. 😘🙆🏻‍♂️🍳🥚

@barbarapostawa-kosinska3576 2 жыл бұрын

Super interesting.

@PriyaTK26 5 жыл бұрын

Eggs are my fav too 😍😍😍

@Liuhuayue 4 жыл бұрын

It must be a real treat to get a boiled egg in the wild.

@aadhithyahariharan675 3 жыл бұрын

Sooooooooooooooo cute 😍 😍 😍

@mre053 4 жыл бұрын

Now that’s a discovery! Forget the fossil fish 😂

@samimotaghedi 5 жыл бұрын

I want to see the full episode!

@meltedvelveetacheesesauce4540 2 жыл бұрын

A real human feeds an army of Timons.💖💙💚

@walterwendner8542 4 жыл бұрын

Very nice 👍! Thanks for posting 👍!

@Mamapapa-Kids Жыл бұрын

My cute animals ❤

@jaym6501 4 жыл бұрын

BBC animals is the best always

@ashmaterial 4 жыл бұрын

I have been meerkat all my life in the mornings

@cymaticCS 4 жыл бұрын

Humans start cooking for Meerkats! xD

@typingcat 4 жыл бұрын

At the end, I thought the "big question" would be why they like boiled eggs when they are not interested in raw eggs. Do they "cook" eggs in nature?