The whole family, including the father and siblings, pitches in to help raise the new additions. By nine weeks, the pups are weaned, and by one and a half years, the meerkats will be mature enough to have their own offspring. Meerkats live up to eight years in the wild and up to 13 years in zoos.
You don't chew nicotine gum the way you chew normal gum. If you did, all the nicotine would be released directly into your saliva. If you swallowed the nicotine-soaked saliva, it would provoke a terrible stomachache and a nasty and overwhelming craving for a cigarette.
One likely reason is that, like cigarettes and other tobacco products, these patches and gums deliver nicotine to the body. Thatâs a problem because nicotine, regardless of how it's ingested, may increase a person's risk of developing heart diseaseâa health impact that surely doesn't sit well with insurance providers.