{"id":2186721,"date":"2025-05-13T12:00:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T11:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?p=2186721"},"modified":"2025-05-10T16:23:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T15:23:42","slug":"hilarious-moment-as-meerkats-use-photographers-camera-as-their-lookout-post-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/hilarious-moment-as-meerkats-use-photographers-camera-as-their-lookout-post-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Hilarious Moment as Meerkats Use Photographer\u2019s Camera As Their Lookout Post (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have all experienced the feel of standing on our tippy-toes to see what\u2019s going on over a tall bunch of hedges or a tall group of people.<\/p>\n<p>Even if you would consider yourself \u201cvertically challenged,\u201d your height woes are no match for those of a meerkat!<\/p>\n<p>Standing at a mere (no pun intended!) 12 inches tall, meerkats can hardly peer over the tops of tall grass to view their surroundings.<\/p>\n<p>When trying to keep a lookout for potential predators, this can be a serious problem! Some of their tiny cousins have even resorted to doing the wave to get a better view\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, these curious critters have discovered the PERFECT vantage point\u2026the top of a human\u2019s head!<\/p>\n<p>Meerkats are notorious for being: 1. adorable (for more proof, click here) and 2. quite resourceful, two traits that certainly give them an advantage in this situation.<\/p>\n<p>Making fast friends with traveling photographers, the meerkats in this video take a quick break from scouting to take a couple selfies.<\/p>\n<p>You definitely need to see this for yourself!<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Cute Meerkats Use Photographer As A Lookout Post\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_78mkyJCFzw\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><i>This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onegreenplanet.org\/news\/meerkats-use-photographer-as-lookout-post-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">article<\/a> by The OGP Editorial Team was first published by One Green Planet on 8 May 2025. Lead Image: Image Credit : YouTube.<br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<h2>Wildlife in catastrophic decline<\/h2>\n<p>During the last 50 years the Living Planet Index shows a 73% decline in vertebrate wildlife populations (mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish).<\/p>\n<p>Threats to wildlife include hunting, poaching, deforestation, habitat loss, pollution, climate change and the illegal trade in animal products.<\/p>\n<p>Help to protect wildlife by donating as little as $5 \u2013 It only takes a minute.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/install-popup-button.js\" id=\"donorbox-popup-button-installer\"> <\/script><a id=\"preview_inline_popup_button\" class=\"dbox-donation-button\" style=\"background: #0dc5dc; color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; display: flex; gap: 8px; width: fit-content; font-size: 16px; border-radius: 5px; line-height: 24px; padding: 8px 24px;\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/focusing-on-wildlife-needs-your-support?amount=50\" data-reminder-widget-enabled=\"true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/images\/white_logo.svg 75w, https:\/\/donorbox.org\/images\/white_logo.svg 100w, https:\/\/donorbox.org\/images\/white_logo.svg 150w, https:\/\/donorbox.org\/images\/white_logo.svg 240w, https:\/\/donorbox.org\/images\/white_logo.svg 320w, https:\/\/donorbox.org\/images\/white_logo.svg 500w, https:\/\/donorbox.org\/images\/white_logo.svg 640w, https:\/\/donorbox.org\/images\/white_logo.svg 800w, https:\/\/donorbox.org\/images\/white_logo.svg 1024w, https:\/\/donorbox.org\/images\/white_logo.svg 1280w, https:\/\/donorbox.org\/images\/white_logo.svg 1600w\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/images\/white_logo.svg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">Donate<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Our <a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildlife-charities-supported-by-focusing-on-wildlife\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">conservation partners<\/a> spend at least 80 percent of the money raised on actual fieldwork rather than administration and fundraising.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr style=\"border-top: 1px solid white;\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have all experienced the feel of standing on our tippy-toes to see what\u2019s going on over a tall bunch of hedges or a tall group of people. Even if you would consider yourself \u201cvertically challenged,\u201d your height woes are no match for those of a meerkat! Standing at a mere (no pun intended!) 12 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1178,"featured_media":2204274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.onegreenplanet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/meerkat.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Hilarious Moment as Meerkats Use Photographer\u2019s Camera As Their Lookout Post (VIDEO)","footnotes":""},"categories":[6985,5],"tags":[1747],"class_list":["post-2186721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-wildlife","tag-meerkat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2186721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1178"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2186721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2186721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2204274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2186721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2186721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2186721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}