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Image of a meerkat

Activity 8 - Meerkats

Talk time

Look carefully at these pictures and answer the questions in your group. You do not have to write them down, just talk about them.

1. What shape and colour are the meerkats' eyes, ears, noses and mouths?
2. Does the meerkat have a tail? What shape and colour is it?
3. Why do you think the meerkat is this colour?
4. Can you spot the baby meerkat? How is he different from the others?

Task 1
Take a close look at this information about meerkats at Dublin Zoo and then complete task 1

Task 2
Look closely at the picture of this meerkat in Dublin Zoo and complete task  2 .

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