Bat-Eared Fox Page #2

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1997
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which could mean trouble

for the meerkats.

As the mother heads back

to her youngster,

the meerkat guards

are clearly agitated.

But there's nothing they can do

except stand by and watch.

With the father returning

to the burrow as well,

there's no question

they're outgunned.

The mother tends to her offspring,

but it's the meerkats

that need consoling.

They built this neighborhood.

But now it's been taken over.

They gather the troops and leave.

Safe neighborhoods are hard to find

on the open Kalahari.

They stop often

to check their surroundings.

For Ajax's family,

this departure could be a problem.

Their early warning system

has just fled across the desert.

In a dry riverbed not far away,

the meerkats arrive at a new home

one they excavated earlier.

Still, it has to be inspected.

Sure enough,

there are other occupants...

another family of bat-eared foxes.

The meerkats decide to stay.

The bat-eared foxes will chase away

any jackals that could come near.

While protecting their young,

they'll be guarding the meerkats as well.

For the second fox family,

the meerkat alarm system

is extremely useful.

There's always at least

one meerkat on guard.

The only other animals around are

a harmless group of ground squirrels.

The new place seems safe enough,

but the meerkats are always curious,

always cautious.

With new neighbors,

everyone's a little on edge.

Soon the guard announces

a real threat:

the menacing jackal's back

on the scene.

The male fox races out,

urging the jackal to move on.

At the other den, Ajax, Selene,

and the pups

don't realize the jackal

is circling back toward them.

With no meerkat sentry,

the foxes are more vulnerable

than ever.

Slipping through the shrubs,

the jackal gets very close...

...before he's spotted.

The jackal has been out-foxed

yet again,

but he'll never stop trying.

For all the animals here,

this is a lean and hungry time...

a time of long hunts

and little food.

At midday,

Ajax returns to the den to rest.

Daytime foraging can be rough

under the summer sun,

when temperatures of over 100 degrees

take their toll.

It's December,

the end of the hot dry season,

and the Kalahari bakes like

an open-air furnace.

Some of the animals here

are well-adapted to the heat,

but almost all seek out

whatever shade they can find

to conserve their energy.

Only the hungriest are out

on the prowl,

like this gaunt mother cheetah.

Ajax must shepherd the pups back into

the burrow to wait out the threat

as the cheetah stalks nearby.

Little Adventure does not know

enough to hide.

The cheetah calls to her

three offspring.

Luckily for little Adventure,

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