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Old 07-11-2009, 12:15 AM
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Re: Invasive meerkats

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Originally Posted by Bobbobthebob View Post
If you go see these animals at the zoo in the UK, you'll see that they have heatlamps all over the place on the outside. I doubt such a slender animal adapted for life in the hot savannah would make it through British winters.
I was thinking along similar lines to this. Plus...what would they eat? Where would they find the right habitat? Would they be heavily predated? It's not to say they couldn't cope, but interesting to speculate as to how they (or indeed any alien species) would adapt.
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