animal documentary camera follow the daily activity of a mob of 12 high meerkat live in the african kalihari desert . alpha female flower and her mate and zaphod and socially inept uncle yousarian and slutty daughter mozart and and the teenager and pup make up a family unit know a the whisker . their 3 square mile of forage territory must be defend from other mob such a the lazuli and commando . leadership be dependent on strong and often ruthless decision that mean only the alpha female may bear pup and and the fate of the group breeding age adult become a series of illicit one night stand with rival non relate meerkat and and hard learn lesson in meerkat morality that leave young wanton daughter oust for pregnancy . each meerkat have become a star in the series but some more than other such a loyal shakespeare who may have die battle the lazuli raider while babysitting the infant pup . keep up with the numerous yearly litter of four or five pup mean the size of the whisker group fluctuate a it member stray and die and or disappear after encounter and fierce battle often to the death . it be a dire existence in which family loyalty be reinforce by mutual grooming and scent marking and and hunt juicy huge scorpion and centipede for breakfast and lunch and and dinner . yummy . and and the meerkat be hunt a well by prey bird and other beasties of the desert environment . film by cambridge university for over ten year and and narrate by actor sean austin and the family life of small weasel like creature take on all the drama and humor of reality tv show without have to design dress or cook gourmet dinner . this be real survivor tv at it best and the often harsh reality of life and death of the charming and adorable wild creature bring to the screen a complex and enormously endear story of animal behavior .