Post by Pylo<3 on Nov 2, 2007 4:15:32 GMT -5
RANKS
Dominant Female - Everything her name says. Shes the boss of her mob.
Dominant Male- Same as dominant female but male haha xP
Subordinate- Pretty much...ordinary. Just one of the teenage or adult meerkats that live within the mob under the dominants power.
Babysitter- Just a subordinate. But they take turns with others at babysitting the dominants pups.
Pups- The pups! Haha.
AGES
Pup - Underground: All newly borns start under ground.
Pup - Aboveground: It takes 1 day for the pups to reach this stage and the pups stay at this stage for 2 days. By this time their eyes are well open.
Pup - Foraging: Once the pup is 3 days old it can join the mob on its first foraging trip. By now it is well independant of foraging by its-self. 3 days is 1 month and buy the age of two months (another 3 days- so 6 days old) the pup is pretty much independant...fully. But it may still beg to be carried and helped.
Teenager: At 2 months (6 days) a pup becomes a Teenager. They now help look after the other pups and are very curiouse of their surroundings. Watching battles or watching the mob fend off predators is their main aim so that they can learn.
Adult: At 10 Months (14 days) a Teenager becomes an Adult and is able to breed.