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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Saturday, June 17, 2006 - 12:04 pm
Sea, we saw those Meerkats at the San Diego zoo over spring break! They were so cute and photogenic. They were quite interested in us, I think they were maybe begging a bit! I'll have to check out this show, although I have a tough time like Theowl and it may be too hard for me to watch. It does sound interesting though.
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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Saturday, June 17, 2006 - 12:52 pm
I would have never made it as a production person on this show. I would have been taking Shakespear to a vet, rounding up the babies and runnin off that crazy brother who drug them out of the hole!
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Rehtse
Member
08-17-2005
| Saturday, June 17, 2006 - 1:13 pm
Here, here, Beachcomber. I totally agree. I've done that with orphan kitties I've fed by my house before. I can't stand to see cute little animals hurt.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Friday, June 23, 2006 - 8:22 pm
Did you guys watch tonight? I am still all teared up. At first it seemed it would all end well, and then friggin Youssarian tried to make another den move and one of Tosca's babies gets lost and dies I am still teared up. I just got done watching. Youssarian is like a psycho meerkat. I do think the names for Flower's new pups are cute. Rocky, Mitch, Cruz and Einstein.. Only 3 pups left of Tosca's 
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Theowl
Member
09-28-2000
| Saturday, June 24, 2006 - 5:27 am
Naja, thanks for the heads-up!! 
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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Saturday, June 24, 2006 - 9:07 am
Last night's show was sad. When do the babysitters eat? Mozart always seems to be babysitting.
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Rehtse
Member
08-17-2005
| Monday, June 26, 2006 - 1:07 pm
What happened to Shakespeare? I was relieved to see that he was outside the hole and that he went back in later. Did he make it?
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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Monday, June 26, 2006 - 4:49 pm
Shakespeare seems to be recovering and foraging with the rest of the group each day. Amazing that his little 2 pound body could survive a snake bite that would kill a human.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, June 26, 2006 - 7:34 pm
But wasn't it wonderful to see how they hovered over Flowers pups and then the others tried to confuse the Owl (and the owl looked like a character on Wizard of Oz) by bobbing up and down?? Youssarian is the spurned mate of Flower and they think he was dropped on his head as a baby by a bird of prey, so he may be really "off".
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, June 26, 2006 - 7:36 pm
Native_Texan (She and Hippy and I watched two episodes of Meerkat Manor together while in chat last night) found this place not that far from me and I want to GO http://www.fellowearthlings.org/adopt.html
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Nancypj
Member
08-17-2001
| Tuesday, June 27, 2006 - 12:35 pm
Oh, Sea - you should DO IT!! What fun that would be! (side note: is it just me, or does the woman in the picture on that site kinda look like a meerkat herself ) The Oakland Zoo has a nice Meerkat exhibit that has always been a highlight of my visits there. Next time I go, I will be seeing them in a whole new light.
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Tuesday, June 27, 2006 - 12:40 pm
Travis and I are planning to go to San Diego in April when my DS-S' ship leaves for the Gulf. I am seriously considering adding that to our agenda when he's spending alone time with his mom. Oh, and my DVR is now set to record the show on Fridays.
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Tuesday, June 27, 2006 - 12:45 pm
I just read this thread from the beginning and was laughing when Mamie compared Carlos and Daisy to Tony and Maria because when I was watching on Sunday night, I thought the exact same thing. One of the women I work with is Hispanic and her family watches the show. She said her husband growled that it was typical that they would give Carlos a Mexican name.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Friday, June 30, 2006 - 4:36 pm
I just watched tonight's show and I won't spoil it, but I sure hope they have a happy episode coming up soon. This is getting depressing. I still laugh, though, every time that ad comes on comparing it to the Sopranos...LOL
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Theowl
Member
09-28-2000
| Friday, June 30, 2006 - 7:14 pm
Thanks again for the heads up Naja. I had my TIVO set to record it, but for some stupid reason it didn't change channels!! Maybe I'll catch it tomorrow, depending on my mood. 
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Sunday, July 02, 2006 - 5:24 am
This the tee shirt you can purchase from the link above. I got mine a couple of years ago. Meerkats have been my favorite wild animal for about 5 years. There is nothing quite like them. I love their motto.
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Westtexan
Member
07-16-2004
| Sunday, July 02, 2006 - 9:05 am
This is an absolutely great show...a cliffhanger at the end of each episode. I wonder how they know the motives and emotions of these meerkats. They must have cameras everywhere because you see everything during fights and flights and I can't imagine how they do that...getting every angle. It's like an action film where you know they have to reshoot the scenes to get each angle and actors facial emotions but obviously that isn't going on here...or is it hmmm? These critters are more human than I thought. But still, for instance, how do they know what Flower is thinking when she attacks one of the others? Or why the odd male, Yousarian (majorly misspelled) decided to change burrows. These scientist must have been studying these animals for a long time but I'm still amazed at how they suppose certain emotions of the meerkats.
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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Sunday, July 02, 2006 - 12:59 pm
I so want to get little Mozart and take the ticks off of her and nurture her. Poor baby!! I hope she gets back in good graces with mean ole Flower.
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Monday, July 03, 2006 - 3:24 am
Westtexan, they have been studying this group for I think it's 10 years.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Monday, July 03, 2006 - 8:07 am
Freda, what are you doing up at that hour of the morning?
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Monday, July 10, 2006 - 11:58 am
Yikes, did my tivo miss a show or there wasn't one this past week?
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Yellek
Member
08-22-2001
| Monday, July 10, 2006 - 2:13 pm
Naja, my dvr missed it two weeks in a row! I had to change it to record "all" episodes rather than just "new". It must not be registering as a new show correctly.
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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Monday, July 10, 2006 - 4:40 pm
My TIVO wasn't going to record it, but I checked my "To Do" recording history and changed it to record the episode. My perimenopausal brain is trying to remember what happened. Tosca got kicked out, Mozart got back in, and little Mitch was a menace stealing food from Shakespeare. Shakespeare's leg looked like it was healing nicely and he was putting weight on it. Alot of the males from the Whiskers and other tribes are out roaming looking for females. Mozart got up with a random visiting male, does she not learn from her mistakes and why does she let every man turn her head (and other body parts)???
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Willsfan
Member
09-04-2000
| Tuesday, July 11, 2006 - 12:41 pm
I wonder if Mozart is pregnant again. Flower's new pups won't emerge from the den for 3 more weeks. They reproduce rapidly don't they? My TV guide said Friday night 7pm was a repeat but it wasn't, so maybe that's what happened to people's Tivos. I taped it anyway just in case and it was a new show.
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Nancypj
Member
08-17-2001
| Tuesday, July 11, 2006 - 2:22 pm
Don't forget that Flower had another litter of pups and karma got to Mitch for being a food stealer - he ate a scorpion that had poison that didn't agree with him, and he is not doing too well (the "cliffhanger" for the week, if you will).
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