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Pet of the Month

The meerkat, a type of mongoose which lives in talkative colonies in burrows in the Kalahari desert, is easily startled by a bad rhyme or a clumsy simile, and makes a handy pet for a poet.

Photo: Rick Stevens, courtesy
Sydney Morning Herald.
 
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