Teaching Behaviors of Adult Meerkats

This article on CNN.com outlines research conducted at the University of Cambridge in England. According to their observations, there is some evidence of adults actively teaching their young. It is still unknown whether the teaching is a result of the adults realizing to correct the need for ignorance, or if it is just an inherent or instinctual trait.

If only we knew what these animals thought processes were like!

Here is a link to the full article:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/07/13/meerkat.young.ap/index.html

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