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Monday, November 23, 2009

Photo: Murderous Meerkat Moms Contradict Caring Image, Study Finds


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Female meerkats fight in southern Africa's Kalahari Desert.

A new behavioral study shows that meerkats' seemingly cooperative social order is riddled with violence, as females kill each other's pups to secure the most resources for their own young.

Photograph courtesy Andrew J. Young, University of Cambridge