Fascinating Fact Friday

Been a crazy couple of weeks, and while I've shared fascinating facts with my students, I haven't blogged about them. So here is this week's fascinating fact.

This week's fact comes from this darling book Meerkat Mail by Emily Gravett:

Meerkats live in southern Africa. They live in groups in underground burrows. They take turns watching for danger. They eat scorpions, lizards, and spiders.

This darling book is about a young meerkat that feels his burrow is too crowded, so he sets off to visit some of his mongoose cousins. He sends home postcards (which include facts about his various mongoose relatives) that detail his travels. Super cute book. I highly recommend it.