When a predator comes along, the Meerkat Manor film crew is on the scene. Only by filming meerkats day after day can rare mobbing behavior like this be captured.
Ever wonder about the difference between hard and soft water, and why you might not WANT hard water in your home? Wonder no more: Mike Rowe's got your answer.
In this clip from "Planet's Best Safaris" on Animal Planet, we visit the Meerkats of the Kalahari Desert. There's almost no sign of human civilization. The Meerkats scramble for food on the dry land. One of their favorites is scorpions.
On Animal Planet's series "Fooled by Nature," Beavers create dams in order to make their living area collect more water. One beaver can chop down 200 trees a year and it only takes a few hours for them to gnaw through one.
On Animal Planet's series "Fooled by Nature, In Africa, the lungfish has the capability of breathing air outside of the water. Without rain or water, the lungfish can hibernate for four years.
Archer Fish have a perfected a technique that enables them to eat insects on trees. They shoot a concentrated beam of water that knocks the insect into the water.