Who can possibly dislike meerkats? They are adorable. These sociable, skittish creatures therefore encapsulate the essence of, well, me. Well, I wouldn’t call myself adorable, but skittish, definitely!
It has been said that I can be a neurotic, jumpy person. There are one or two rather famous meerkat characters who fit that bill! I won’t name names, but you can probably guess who they are 🙂
Meerkats are matriarchal. The female is the head of the pack, so to speak. I for one certain defer to my wife’s judgement in most cases, and have no problem with that!
Meerkats are family-focused. I can relate to that, as I believe most people can.
In short, the question you should be asking is, ‘why not meerkats?’
It’s hard not to like a meerkat. Unless you’re Darth Vader. of course.
I’m not evil enough to be Vader. I’m the Diet Coke of Evil.
Meerkats also stick their heads up to look for trouble and warn the group. Not so different from what a person who writes about social issues.
I’m pretty good at looking for trouble! I haven’t decided if that’s a good or bad thing 🙂
I love Meerkats. My wife and I both did. However, be careful of any documentaries you watch about them. We watched one one time that followed a group of meerkats. By the end of the documentary all of that group had died except one, and although he had been accepted into another group of meerkats he was low person on the totem poll and did not have a happy life. My wife and I were in tears. No more documentaries for us.
If it’s a real-life or nature show, I tend to steer clear. Give me happy sci-fi or comedy!