What do meerkats spend their time doing? Meerkats spend a lot of their day digging for food with their super sharp claws. This digging is called foraging. What do meerkats eat? Meerkats are ...

“They’ll babysit there defending the burrow against other mongooses or anything else for full 12 hours at a time,” says Tim, and will even go without food for around 24 hours. Female meerkat ...