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Senior Member
Registered: 09-29-07
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thanks for letting us know about Kinkajou, ziggy. It's very possible that Mozart, who curled up with her, has it too, then. Or not. guess we won't know. i found a u.s.g.s. piece--one person thought the researchers could be the vector, and another thought they caught it from going through garbage left by all the eco-tourism. just a short blurb. at any rate, we humans definitely brought it in to them. Gorillas are also getting it, i think. well i have to stop this compulsion and try to sleep. tb |
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Registered: 10-06-06
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Does anyone know the other members of the Starsky.I know Carlos the DM died due to his old wound from Hanabil.Wasn't there orginaly about 7 or 8 of them.What happened to them all and what were there names, just wondering.
I was at work yesrterday til 600 and missed the MM marathon.I hope AP will show another.I am so grateful to AP for this show even with all the death this season it gives me someting to look forward to each week.This site has started so much good for meerkats in Zoos and just there general awareness of what they are.
I Don't regret loving there little guys or regret watching MM,If we don't watch shows the seasons will not go on.For now 2 seasons more are contracted.I'm not trying to drum up $$$ for AP in this however,I sure don't want to see the show stop.I do get very sad when ANY meerkats dies.I have to remind myself time and agian the life they lead is tough to say the least.They have to struggle each day just to find enough food to sustain them.
Keep hope alive,don't give up on them.Remember they are strong little creatures,We can be too. Peace and Love to all.
I am up waaayyy to early for a Sunday.LOL
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Senior Member
Registered: 09-29-07
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Ok, we all know we love these adorable little creatures. Yes, this season has been so tough to watch. With very few "Original" meerkats left, I feel like there are no more STARS! I will not watch next week as I know the outcome. I will tape it and watch it when my Heart can handle it. But for all of you who do watch and have that FINAL DAGGER shoved into your heart, Here is something to comfort you...
Our Father knows whats best for us, so why should we complain.We always want the sunshine, but he knows there must be rain. We love the sound of laughter and the merriment of cheer, but our hearts would lose their tenderness if we never shed a tear. Our father tests us often with suffering and with sorrow. He tests us not to punish us, but to help us meet tomorrow. For growing trees are strengthened when they withstand the storm and the sharp cut of the chisel gives the marble grace and form. God never hurts us needlessly, and he never wastes our pain. And every loss he sends to us is followed by rich gain. And when we count the blessings that God has so freely sent, we find no cause for crying and no time to lament. So whenever we are troubled and when everything goes wrong, it's just God working in us, to make our SPIRIT STRONG!
Please find my post AFTER the show airs. I will offer all of you something of COMFORT!
To all my fellow animal Lovers - I will be thinking of you.
Lisa
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Junior Member
Registered: 10-21-07
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quote: Originally posted by mod_kelly:
Talk about it here...
I'm very new to posting @ this chat site. Can u please tell me if there are any basic directions for reply/post???...sorry...for asking for help here. Also what happened to Mitch??  |
Member
Registered: 10-21-07
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I am scared to watch next week but I will be .... Hope nothing happens to motzart or zaphod.
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Senior Member
Registered: 09-29-07
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sorry but something does happen to motzart  |
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Registered: 10-21-07
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I will have to hear about it on here because I don't think I can watch it happen its to sad ,motzart has always been my favorite. My husband already thinks I am nuts for crying every week over my little furry friends...
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Senior Member
Registered: 09-28-07
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If you go to the "Talk about Meerkat Manor Here" forum, and look for posts under "Just got back from KMP" you can get alot of questions asked. Welcome to the burrow, uptons  |
Senior Member
Registered: 09-28-07
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quote: If you go to the "Talk about Meerkat Manor Here" forum, and look for posts under "Just got back from KMP" you can get alot of questions asked.
Sorry, should read " questions answered" |
Senior Member
Registered: 11-24-03
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I have to agree with you Ziggy. I'm also thinking that maybe they should have ended with Flower re-uniting with her group. They give us names to the faces and we fall in love. They tug at our hearts and them break them. I love MM. It's makes me laugh when I think of how much this means to us. These cute little critters are real to us. AP may manipulate the names and events, but these furry creatures are real.
The sad truth is, even if they were not filming this for us to watch, the same situations would have happened. At least we got to know some of them. Kink was sick and TB travels fast. We don't know how many others had this horrible disease. I'm with you, though, I'm so hoping next season isn't as sad.
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Registered: 10-21-07
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What happened to De la Soul? I hope she didn't die.. anyways what's up with Kinkajou's pups? Are they okay? And it was really sad when they showed Carlos lying there, why would they do that? Poor kinks and Whoppie may they rest in paradise.
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Junior Member
Registered: 10-21-07
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I was just hoping so bad that the Whiskers would let Mozart back in! I knew they would let her in! When they chased her off, I almost cried. What happened to Zaphod??? This is the first season I've watched only once a week. The other two seasons I watched during re-runs. Whatever happened to Shakespeare and Youssarian?
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Senior Member
Registered: 09-30-07
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quote: Originally posted by snowqueen4: quote: Originally posted by petgirl6:
Good to see you girl! What's really sad is how Kink, and Mozart were at each others throats, but in the end they were all each other had.
Hi petgirl6 - good to see you too! What you mention about the two girls makes them seem even more similar to humans. Sisters in our world often find themselves doing the same thing, fighting and then banding together when things get tough.
So, so true Snow. Meerkats seem more like people then most other animals. They are so human like. |
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Registered: 10-15-07
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quick question about the beginning of the show. They showed Carlos's body...but it had a collar on. I thought only DFs wore collars.
I started watching this season when by chance I came across a marathon of I'm guessing the beginning of the season. I'm not one to go back and watch old episodes when I know what's ahead but it sounds like watching the first 2 seasons might make me smile again. I can't believe how a bunch of little animals can have such a big impact on my emotions, especially since I've only been watching it for a few months and not from the beginning like most of you.
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Senior Member
Registered: 10-04-07
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Since there was never a real decision made as to who was the Dominate Female of the Starsky, Carlos was collared as the DM. K
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Senior Member
Registered: 09-01-07
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Poor Mozart, I've lost count of the number
of tragedies she's experienced; the worst part
I think it's that she always ends up alone. I
really felt bad when she was rejected by her
old family.
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Registered: 10-15-07
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quote: Originally posted by kalaflower:
Since there was never a real decision made as to who was the Dominate Female of the Starsky, Carlos was collared as the DM. K
oh..I guess I never noticed that. thanks |
Junior Member
Registered: 10-08-07
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quote: Originally posted by lace1900: To MM how can you just watch this little meerkats die in front of you. I understand the you want to have nature take it place. However did you ever thought that maybe God send you all there to save these these poor little animals? PLEASE DO SOMETHING. Don't just sit there and watch them die from starvation. 
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Junior Member
Registered: 10-08-07
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Very sad to watch the little meerkats starve. Wonder why they can't be given a little milk???
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Senior Member
Registered: 10-29-06
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I cried like a baby when I saw Kinkajou shivering and too weak to stand and warm herself.
In typical Mozart fashion she stood by trying to comfort her sibling. She is a incredible kat in my book. As they lay together in the burrow I feel that Kinkajou was already gone but still Mozart stayed by her side.
I just don't understand if the researchers weigh them 3 times a day then why didn't they give them a little extra egg like they did with Fluffernutter?
I understand this is based on the life and death but they did try to intervene with Flower, they did intervene with Big Cy, and they did intervene with Fluffernutter. I even read that they intervened with Squiggy so why not give them and extra egg during their weigh in?
After all Kinkajou was wearing a collar so the Starsky's were being checked daily. Could it be that they knew they had TB and therefore choose to let nature take it's course? And if they all had TB that means that De La Soul aka Whoopy also has it and may be accepted into another family therefore infecting more kats.
Rest in peace little Kinkajou, you may not have been one of my favorites after what you did to poor Mozarts pups. But if she can forgive you then so can I. My you run free with Flower and the rest of them getting more millipeds and scorpions than your little stomachs can hold and may you always have a warm burrow to sleep in free of snakes.
You will be missed little one.
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Registered: 10-02-07
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Did anyone see this one coming? Three Degrees of Separation? OMG. I had no idea the only three meerkats left in the Starsky were Mozart, Whoopie, and Kinkajou, three females and no males.
I know Carlos died, and I loved him. In my mind I always saw him wearing a little black beret, lover of the Kalahari. It broke my heart to see him dead. It was so hard to see Kinkajou dead also. It made me realize just how fragile these animals are in this hostile environment. Terrible ending for the Starsky.
I don't know who Whoopie is, but she's lost. And Mozart, my favorite, is alone. This program is breaking my heart. I read it's possible Mozart may find a mate. She has always been the caring, gentle one who has remained by the side of a sick or dying meerkat. I want her to live so much and make a family of her own! Do any of the rest of you love Mozart, and how did you feel about this episode? It was very sad for me.
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Senior Member
Registered: 09-05-07
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to all of you who are wondering what happened to the other Starskys..
near the beginning, when they were showing the 3 girls (De-la-sole (whoopie), Kinkajou and Mozart) grooming each other..
Sean, the narrator, said that the Starskys had been "ravaged by illness"..and these 3 were all that was left of the Starskys.
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Registered: 10-21-07
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quote:
I just don't understand if the researchers weigh them 3 times a day then why didn't they give them a little extra egg like they did with Fluffernutter?
I understand this is based on the life and death but they did try to intervene with Flower, they did intervene with Big Cy, and they did intervene with Fluffernutter. I even read that they intervened with Squiggy so why not give them and extra egg during their weigh in?
I wondered the same thing. If they give Fluffernutter extra egg, ( I read that some of them have given him extra egg) which they're not supposed to, then why didn't they feed Kinkajou and Mozart?? Why one and not the other? I have also read that people are hoping that Squiggy was rescued, I also hope that's true. I understand that the researchers are there to record and that they are not allowed to interfere, but just handling them for weighing and giving them egg and water as a reward is already interfering, so why not just a bit more? Where is their compassion for these animals who are suffering? |
Senior Member
Registered: 09-29-07
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Yes, it breaks my heart when I see the camera panning AWAY from a crying pup. When the cameraman followed Blossom, I was yelling, get her, GET HER!!! It has to be hard on them if they have to leave them behind. I would turn off the camera and be putting them in my pocket, taking them back home and "dropping them off" with their family. Personally, I think 2 things...
1 - They should go ahead and rescue the pups when they can and start a little orphanage. They can send them to zoos or start another group.
2 - Since there is so much confustion about stunt doubles and stand ins, they should all wear little jerseys with numbers on them so we can keep track of them. Kinda like a sports team. No, I guess it's too hot there for that. Ok, then give them ALL numbers. Just use hair dye and paint little numbers on all their backs.
Anyone else have any ideas?????
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Registered: 09-29-07
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quote: Originally posted by ziggy777:
to all of you who are wondering what happened to the other Starskys..
near the beginning, when they were showing the 3 girls (De-la-sole (whoopie), Kinkajou and Mozart) grooming each other..
Sean, the narrator, said that the Starskys had been "ravaged by illness"..and these 3 were all that was left of the Starskys.
I read (can't remember where I read it)that the majority of the Starsky gang died from TB and that TB contributed to Kinkaju's death as well. It didn't say that Mozart had TB, just that she was predated. It makes you wonder as I have read many reseach reports on human TB being transmitted to meerkats as well as other wildlife. |
Senior Member
Registered: 06-12-07
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quote: Originally posted by cinderella524:
Ok, we all know we love these adorable little creatures. Yes, this season has been so tough to watch. With very few "Original" meerkats left, I feel like there are no more STARS! I will not watch next week as I know the outcome. I will tape it and watch it when my Heart can handle it. But for all of you who do watch and have that FINAL DAGGER shoved into your heart, Here is something to comfort you...
Our Father knows whats best for us, so why should we complain.We always want the sunshine, but he knows there must be rain. We love the sound of laughter and the merriment of cheer, but our hearts would lose their tenderness if we never shed a tear. Our father tests us often with suffering and with sorrow. He tests us not to punish us, but to help us meet tomorrow. For growing trees are strengthened when they withstand the storm and the sharp cut of the chisel gives the marble grace and form. God never hurts us needlessly, and he never wastes our pain. And every loss he sends to us is followed by rich gain. And when we count the blessings that God has so freely sent, we find no cause for crying and no time to lament. So whenever we are troubled and when everything goes wrong, it's just God working in us, to make our SPIRIT STRONG!
Please find my post AFTER the show airs. I will offer all of you something of COMFORT!
To all my fellow animal Lovers - I will be thinking of you.
Lisa
That's very nice. Thank you! |
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