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02 October 2005

Meerkats

post by: eekacat at: 23:33 | 9 comments

adorable! can they stay standing for a long time?

posted by amberglow 02 October | 23:44

Meerkats are the new bling.

posted by agropyron 03 October | 00:01

I hereby declare that MetaChat will no longer be squid-themed, but rather meerkat-themed.

posted by agropyron 03 October | 00:01

* returns squid-shaped paraphernalia to overstock.com *

posted by mudpuppie 03 October | 00:03

eegads! meekrats!

posted by joelf 03 October | 00:22

I have two fancy meerkat photographs of my own, from my recent trip to the San Diego Zoo. They are quite large.

≡ Click to see image ≡
≡ Click to see image ≡

posted by Josh 03 October | 00:46

Well, that last comment doesn't seem to have worked out. I'll just hotlink:
Meerkat photo uno.
Meerkat photo dos.

posted by Josh 03 October | 00:48

They are so damn cute.

Some of those images say that they were taken with 1495mm lens at f/4. I am not sure if that is the actual focal length or a 35mm equivalent, but either way, if that is true that is one damn impressive piece of glass. (Although the pictures are a bit soft). The front element of a lens that long with an opening that wide would be a either 10 inches or 14 inches in diameter. Nice.

But it's probably just teleconverters. OK, photo geek, here.

posted by teece 03 October | 00:49

Definitely one of Mother Nature's comic masterpieces.

posted by Wolfdog 03 October | 12:18

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