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Binding: DVD
EAN: 0883629135564
Format: NTSC
Label: Discovery Channel
Manufacturer: Discovery Channel
Publisher: Discovery Channel
Release Date: December 01, 2006
Sales Rank: 20160
Studio: Discovery Channel
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Triumph and mishap, comedy and tragedy - everything a good story needs, but this one is different, it stars a group of wild meerkats in South Africa. This ground-breaking thirteen part series records the daily lives of a group of meerkats known as 'The Whiskers'. Using state of the art camera technology above and below ground, and by tracking the group's movements 24 hours a day, the series paints a dramatic picture of a year in their highly complex and social lives. From viscous fights with rival gangs to infighting within the group, snake attacks, births of two dozen pups, and tragic deaths, 'Meerkat Manor' includes animal behavior never recorded before. With characters that would be more at home in a real life soap opera, their entangled lives make for addictive viewing.
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Great show-but some disappointments with this product
I decided to order the complete first season of 'Meerkat Manor' after seeing several episodes on tv. The show itself is quite fun and fascinating, and the images and multitude of camera angles is exhilarating. One thing I'm not a huge fan of is the narration, I found it too fluffy for my tastes and not very tight. But that's ok, it's part of the appeal to a greater audience.
One other point, slightly related to my previous comment, but I wish, how to say this, that the show would dig a little deeper into its subject and the subjects' environment? Even so, the show provides considerable enjoyment and entertainment by depicting the meerkats themselves and the developments that take place within their lives, which is loads of good fun...
Finally, I'd like to draw your attention to the Amazon.com version of this first season. The Amazon.com version has no menus within the dvds, and the packaging and presentation are abysmal. Supposedly the first season that you buy at the discovery channel store is better and has more features, so that is something to be aware of.
Anyways, 'Meerkat Manor' is a great show, fun for kids and adults, but it could have benefited from a little more depth.
Rating:  - No Closed Captioning
I'm not sure if there's a different version, but the one I have does not have closed captioning. Unfortunate for those of us that are deaf or hard of hearing. The only thing in the menu is an episode guide. No audio selections, no subtitle selections, nothing. Very disappointed since I was really looking forward to watching the series in order.
Rating: - Meerkat Manor - Complete First Season
It's too bad that such a great show has this POOR QUALITY DVD available. There is NO way to navigate through the dvd - you must go from beg to end i.e. no way to skip over one show to get to next which is maddening if you want to see anything other than the first show of the dvd. The disc label is paper GLUED onto the disc. Kudos to Amazon for a great return department. This product is probably a boot leg copy. The set that comes with 3 discs is the official set. I found it at Animalplanet.com
Rating:  - A DELIGHTFUL ROMP WITH MEERKATS
Watching the adorable Whiskers Meerkat family in the wild is both heartwarming and heartbreaking at times. No animal lover could resist the sight of these beautiful meerkats. Their human-like qualities are touching and endearing. These small animals form a strong family bond and fight to the death to protect their own. Flower is the matriarch of this family and she can banish a member for any reason as she did with her poor daughter Tosca. Their lives are full of fun and danger. Each day is a new adventure and it is a pure delight to watch this series. It is amazing at how the daily routine of these small animals are captured in incredible detail. I thoroughly enjoyed Season One and was left wanting more. Each episode is rather short and spends time with information on the previous and next episodes along with the constant explanation of the University of Cambridge's 10 year study on the meerkats. It's impossible to watch one episode right after the other since the DVD menu is not set up with the option to play all episodes. Hit menu and you will be taken to the menu for the episode you just watched. Moving on to the next episode takes several steps. I also think the blank pauses where the commericials would have been inserted could have been left out. With countless hours of meerkat adventures to include the episodes could have been expanded with more footage. Despite these technical issues, MEERKAT MANOR is a pure joy to watch. You won't be able to resist falling in love with them.
Rating: - Meerkat Manor, or Is It?
This version of Meerkat Manor has no menu. Having no menu means you have to forward through six episodes to get to the seventh. Extremely inconvenient. Otherwise fine...
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