What's a Meerkat's Favourite Food? | BBC Earth
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- Опубликовано: 27 апр 2018
- Meerkats are surprisingly picky with their food, and only like their eggs well done. Narrated by David Attenborough.
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this dude really smashed open an egg straight on his head lol
eviltwinnumber2 I've done that myself with hard boiled eggs; not with raw!
He crumbled a hard boiled egg on his hat. Not the same thing at all.
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.
eviltwinnumber2 haha loved it
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
And then we tried raw ostrich eggs.
*smashes against his skull and faints*
FlintSparked no it will hurt but he will no faint
😂
😅😅😅😅😅 You’re evil
Smashing!!
Lmaoo
Pretty surprising they didn't even try any of the test food.
I thought the bugs would be a big hit.
Which is odd, because captive meerkats love mealworms.
They never grew up with those kinds of food, so they don’t see it as that. The mealworms did confuse me though.
Very odd they turned their noses up against the mealworms considering in the wild they love bugs
@@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.
0:45
this worm just won the lottery
I know right 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Y'know Pumba, I love eating bugs and singing like the next guy, but you know what I love even more?
EGGS!
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
@Mullerornis Didn't know that graphic novel was inspired by the remake. Is there more of them?
@Mullerornis Oh yeah, I remember, they're in the same book. But aside from that book, are there other ones?
Mullerornis Eggstasyyyyy
Boiled eggs
Meerkats: These humans think that they can buy us with some food?!
Oh, boiled eggs!! Sure. 🌚
That egg cooking in the sun gives you an idea of how hot that sun is.
Thank you for the valuable insight.
Not even close to the real heat and power of the Sun!
Yesssss! It's David attenborough again narrating!!!!!! so nice to listen and watch without a blink. Nature + David attenborough = beautiful combination.
I hear you on that one. I accept no other narrator.
Any nature programme needs to have David Attenborough or else I’m not watching it
He’s got awesome narrating skillz 😎🙌🏼
Agree
The best
They are so.....stinkin adorable. WOW that aren't afraid of human contact. They seem friendly. Would love the opportunity to touch them.
It’s an over 11 year study they are entirely used to humans
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.
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)
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
@@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.
I guess when I think about it, it isn’t really surprising that the ground is hot enough to literally fry an egg.
David Attenborough: The man, the myth, the legend. Well done as always, good sir.
Every so often I google him to make sure he's still alive
Meerkats : Listen guys... BBC is filming us so don't act like a greedy.... Be a good boi... 😜 😜 😜
Loved Meerkat Manor!! Cried when Flower died. Amazing little creatures.
They're the cutest little guys!
The way he smashed the egg on his head😂😂
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~?
omg they're so cute especially when they stand!!! i love these lil guys
What a blessing to be able to interact with these adorable creatures 👍
Everyone loves boiled eggs 😊
Love those meerkats!!! They are fascinating!
I just got fired from my job and I’m watching meerkat videos on RUclips to cheer myself up
Did type this in every you tube video"i got fired'
I hope things have gotten better for you.
Hard boiled eggs are always yummm😋
They are so adorable! I love how they just go up to them and not run!!
Exactly what I should be watching at 2:00am
He put the food right on their toilet spot.. you can see all their dumpings infront of it. 0:52
Toilet spot😹
“We tried everything we could find” *proceeds to bring 6 types of food* 😂
I enjoyed this video very much. I could watch an hour more.
replay em
David Attenborough would make an awesome Biology professor.
Meerkat Manor is returning in 2021
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
They are so cute
They got great taste. I love boiled eggs too!!! Raw and runny eggs are icky.
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 🇨🇦
I love a good boiled egg as well
I like how theyre helping them instead of watching them die.
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.
@@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.
What a fantastic occupation!
Those cats are so tiny. I thought they looked bigger
I want to work with animals in the wild like this 😭
Me too 😪
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
They acts like my cat, sniff the food I gave and try to snatch what am I eating though its same food
I wonder if they would go nuts with a little bit of garlic salt added to the boiled eggs.
I bet they got some foul farts 😂😂
Adorables animalitos .
Adorable
u know he's living the life when he has an egg cracking hat.
Lmao he could’ve easily smashed the egg on the ground 😂😂😂
Studying animals behavior is most difficult as well as interesting work.
I love the meerkats when i was in childhood... so you guys are doing really good job 👍
Secret of Animal!
Meerkats are just too friggin adorable to be so damn smart.
P.S. That logbook displayed with the fried egg bookmark.. beautimus.
THAT MAN JUST WENT ALL IN AND CRACKED THAT EGG ON HIS HEAD
The meerkats ate a cooked egg? Hey, NOBODY wants samonella!
This is one of the greatest things on earth.
Nah that's some boujie merkats, the real ones would have cleaned the food. 🤣
😂😂😂😂
1:45 so satisfying😻💙them crackling sounds
The baby meerkat at 2:41 😍😍 #animalloveforever
RUclips 2 am: what is meerkat's favourite food??..... Nice question!!
Who else thinks that BBC earth is following meerkat for the last two weeks@meerkat😺
Meerkats watch Hell Kitchen, so they know better than to eat raw food.
I wanna hug them
fussy eaters better than most humans 😂
Man they are quick
I love the narrator
Very interesting, thanks for the content
Timon is a savage
Id be watching my back out there in the wild lol
I Love how he opens the Egg in 1:33.
Like there isnt another way to Open it then crack it on your hat.
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.
Dude I’m learning so much about meerkats
What a great job this guys do, may god give you guys a right path, thanks for great movies guys.
This was cute af
More meerkats please
Cuidar la naturaleza es un trabajo noble...
Very Educative
Meerkats are to freakin cute!
Well, I know meerkarts favorite snack is scorpion
So freaking cute!
If you measure the animal on the guys hat with the one eating the boiled egg you'll probably want to buy some car or house insurance.
I love boiled eggs too!
A real human feeds an army of Timons.💖💙💚
They are specialists so makes sense they would only eat very specific foods.
"SUUUGAAA SUUGAAA SUUUGAAA!"
Only Mandalorian fans will get the reference xD
Mana suga. Mani a mana suga!
Sooooooooooooooo cute 😍 😍 😍
AWWW now i want a meerkat damnit this is adorable
They are so cute and intelligent,baie oulik
My cute animals ❤
Super interesting.
cute they are...
Two years of trials and failures. Therefore, whatever you do, never give up.
Very nice 👍! Thanks for posting 👍!
Pet meerkat anyone? Multiple, not one.
Cute
BBC animals is the best always
Love it, love it. 😘🙆🏻♂️🍳🥚
I think they work together to put all their eggs in one basket....
Now that’s a discovery!
Forget the fossil fish 😂
Eggs are my fav too 😍😍😍
Humans in meerkats language: Friendly walking trees.
Humans start cooking for Meerkats! xD
I had clicked hoping they found a way to boil their own eggs
Eggcellent video.