MeerKat
by Robert Bales
Title
MeerKat
Artist
Robert Bales
Medium
Photograph - Photo
Description
A very cute Meerkat posing for its photo.
Meerkat" is a loanword from Afrikaans. The name has a Dutch origin but by misidentification. Dutch meerkat refers to the "guenon", a monkey of the Cercopithecus genus. The word "meerkat" is Dutch for "lake cat", but the suricata is not in the cat family, and neither suricatas nor guenons are attracted to lakes; the word possibly started as a Dutch adaptation of a derivative of Sanskrit marka�a मर्कट = "monkey", perhaps in Africa via an Indian sailor on board a Dutch East India Company ship. The traders of the Dutch East India Company were likely familiar with monkeys, but the Dutch settlers attached the name to the wrong animal at the Cape. The suricata is called stokstaartje = "little stick-tail" in Dutch.
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October 17th, 2011
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Comments (9)
Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 views Groups nominated images by your fellow artist in the Special Features #16 promotion discussion. Please visit and pass on the love to another artist.....L/F/Tw
Robert Bales replied:
Thanks, Christopher for the nice information and the great discussion along with the LFTw!!
JOHN TELFER
Robert, Great wildlife photo of this Meerkat, love the expression on his face and the great details. I have nominated this image for a Special Feature in the group, 1000 Views LF
Robert Bales replied:
So glad you enjoyed the Meerkat and thanks for the nomination and the wonderful review along with the LF!!
Andrea Lazar
Such an excellent photo - a wonderful portrait. I love his expression and his stance. Just a beautiful little animal - well done! f/v
Robert Bales replied:
They sure are very interesting to watch and thanks for the great comments along with the f/v!!
Linda Phelps
F/V The is a beautiful portrait of this little meerkat. We used to watch documentries about the family life of these cute little critters. The detail in this one make him seem loke he could hop out of my screen!