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Kalahari Meerkats (also called Kalahari Meerkats 3D for the 3D release) is an ongoing wildlife documentary series by WildEarth, which first aired in late 2012. The documentary follows a group of meerkats called the Gosa as they try to survive in their hostile home. The series currently consists of three episodes, each running for approximately 30 minutes. Filming began in February 2012 and takes place in the Tswalu Reserve in the Kalahari Desert.  

1. We meet the Gosa, led by pregnant Cleopatra and Gandalf. Cleo gives birth to her pups, but they are abandoned afterwards, suggesting that they were still-born. This causes discomfort in the Gosa and makes the gang split up. One half is led by Cleo, while the other half is led by her pregnant younger sister Delilah. An evicted Gosa meerkat, Solo, joins Delilah's mob. The Gosa's most valued burrow is stolen by a rival group called Jaco's Dune. The two separated Gosa halves unite to confront the enemy. 

2. In spite being at full strength again, the Gosa do not win back their stolen burrow. Delilah gives birth to her first litter of pups. However, Cleo makes the gang moves burrows. Delilah and a male called Brutus babysit the new pups, but are eventually forced to abandon them. Out of distress, Delilah makes the Gosa split up again. Her three allies, all males, follow her. Brutus attempts to mate with Delilah but is rejected. Meanwhile, the other half encounter a cape cobra and Cleo is bitten. 

3. Delilah and her mob rejoin the Gosa, but she makes no attempt to overthrow the weakened leader. Cleo recovers from her snake bite. Brutus tries to mate with Solo, but Gandalf doesn't allow it, so Brutus goes roving and mates with a lone female. After spending a night with her, Brutus leaves and roves at a rival group called Rockstars, but is chased off. He rejoins the Gosa. Two young males, Starsky and Hutch, get separated from the main group. Gandalf goes searching for them but gets lost. He encounters a splintered half of the Jaco's Dune and meets a young juvenile who was left behind. Instead of attacking the young meerkat, Gandalf was submissive to it. Starsky and Hutch rejoined the Gosa, but Gandalf did not make it back.