Eating Habits Meerkats, though not the highest on the food chain, will eat many things. They'll mainly eat insects, small bugs like grubs or beetles, small mammals, scorpions, lizards, and some snakes. Life Span Male and female meerkats usually live until they are about 10 years old. Each colony has up to 40 inhabitants in it, but usually much less. Each adult member of the colony has its own job that they sometimes tend to rotate and share, but each has his or her favorite.
Sentries are the ones that are the most picturesque.
They are the ones that scan the skyline for predators and stand up on their hind legs and using their tails for balance. They bark out warning if they hear, smell, or see any predators. There are specialized calls for everything. Hunters hunt while the kits stay behind with a baby sitter. At 12 months, they become sexually mature.