The character of Timon, Pumbaa’s friend in “The Lion King” made him a star! Each family of meerkats has around fifty individuals, but only one couple has exclusive mating and reproduction rights, the dominant couple!
Obviously, the place of dominant female is highly coveted. There is therefore a kind of “queue” of females to take…
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