Cobra Vs. Meerkat | Wild Africa | National Geographic Wild UK

5 week old meerkat pups have a lot to learn about desert survival. From digging for stinging scorpions to dealing with venomous cobras, the pups now know the secret to living in this inhospitable desert; teamwork.
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[@ramabhijith9994]

Cobra: I have venom, what you got? Meerkat: I got family.

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Mexico slogan

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We don't call cops we call familia

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Mere paas MAA hai

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@Gautam DCF 😅😂

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@@vinayakvaidya4 😂😂😂😂

[@pk3]

Cobra: You’re dead, young one. Pup: Imma call for backup.

[@mirmirone4248]

The Backup: *family intensifies*

[@dinoneedsdino]

The Backup: no-one came (because the cobra killed em all)

[@mirmirone4248]

@@dinoneedsdino The cobra: *no one came* (because the family killed em all)

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Meerkats are mongoose fanboys

[@uthams2]

The baby meerkat is like “tu idar hi rukh”. Amazing rescue response

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😂😂😂😂

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Sahi hai bhai 😂👌

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Alright, I reached a whole new level of procrastination...

[@Thomas-my6mw]

we're in the same boat i see

[@ThePrayingDon]

Lmao right

[@risorius]

I also watch at 2x to relieve my conscience...

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Lmao😂 it's insane hiw this comment is so accurate

[@thebean3463]

Same.. and I have to finish reading 🙃

[@shashank5025]

The best example for “united we stand, divided we fall”☺️

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[@pzee83]

King cobra took off when he heard "call uncle mongoose for backup"

[@kunaltripathi4550]

There are no king cobras in Africa. And kings eat other snakes.

[@sparkythestyracosaurus8424]

It's a Cape Cobra

[@nguy0310]

:) nice

[@theworthysoul]

"Call Rikki-Tiki-Tavi"

[@maheshreddy3140]

😆😆

[@mary-yvettesotoza7800]

Meerkat family shows more love and concern than some family members I know. ✌️

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Community begins with just one other person. Start there. Begin Now.

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Hello Mary, how are you doing?

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​@@brucerandy6911❤❤ pa❤ za za aa😂 West p////

[@pankajsingh-fj2kz]

These meerkat have a better communication skill then me and my friends in pubg

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🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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😁😁

[@darkmaster1803]

Reason, you respawn in pubg in next game meerkat doesn't.

[@sureshkanti8037]

Error: then I and my friends!

[@TheMrMeerkat]

Only us meerkats and Vin Diesel have this level of family power.

[@rajeshreddy3791]

😂😂😂😂

[@josephxavier8636]

That meerkat eating a scorpion like it's a lobster 😄

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[@ya107]

I’m not even going to click that

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Beautiful video 👉👉👉😢😢😢😢😭😭

[@LeChina]

Well they kinda are lol

[@koboi350]

4:15 Look at the way they stand, give them sunglasses and they will look like the secret service protecting the president.

[@obihieleuchendu8243]

🤣

[@henyoScarlet]

Pup be like: You just wait for my cousin, Mongoose

[@thomashamilton2761]

Cape cobras have defeated mongoose before so it's not always certain

[@williams.vincent4235]

Or da honey badger!

[@bossatnyte7537]

@@thomashamilton2761 the odds favour in the mongooses

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[@dorpet5]

That scorpion looks a real delicacy and for the mother to give it, whole, to the pup that is really awesome.

[@chrise229]

The cobra and the meerkats looking at the camera guy: ...... Camera guy: "Oh, don't mind me! I'm just gonna film a movie here. Lots of slow-mo and everything, it's gonna be EPIC!"

[@FaridKhan-nb4ko]

१बाहरमतनिकलनामना

[@bermuda4404]

3:19 wooow without family you are nothinh

[@richardevbuomwan8373]

Cobra: Okay, fine, I'm leaving. Meerkats: Alright, have yourself a nice day sir

[@mr.someone2476]

😂😂

[@maheshreddy3140]

🤣🤣

[@FactsnConcept]

Everyone is gangsta until meerkats call for union. 😎

[@shidaerane5216]

God Almighty's beautiful creation 👍♥️👍

[@vutran4577]

3:12 granddad, grandma, dad, mom, uncles, aunts, brothers, sisters! I found a big worm over here!

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Beautiful video link👉👉👉 7

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hhhhhhh lol

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@@thefreeman6225 for

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😭😭

[@2689742]

While the rest of the world is enjoying the African wilderness, me thinking of how the damn hell did they film the entire sequence with multiple camera angles.

[@rizmemes]

team work

[@alfredonziga]

They use 360 degree photography

[@amanansari4299]

Same with me 😁

[@Megha_PP]

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[@bittukumar-nh5kf]

Me too bro 😝

[@yalchi13]

Scorpion for meal? I thought Sergey wanted popcorn on movie night.

[@scatmann5839]

Sorry, not simples

[@anayapatel3931]

🤣

[@jasminegreenland4558]

Ikr 😂

[@abelmantor7557]

Man, i just love the way meerkats work together.

[@sibylcoulter-davis6566]

“mama just feed me this digging is not for me” ..... 🤣

[@MrSamikshan]

Mother meerkat - You made a mistake coming here tonight, Tom. The aurors are on their way...😂😂

[@ankithtunuguntla7687]

Cobra- By which time I shall be gone...and you shall be dead.

[@antonioxavierdearaujo5066]

³3

[@kinho1096]

Fala tu meu peixe ai fron brazil

[@antrianoxavier8927]

I wish I had friends and family like this baby meerkat has😔

[@kapilmaliwad1470]

If you have money then it becomes easy

[@juanmartivelasquez1725]

Actually you have, sure maybe a little bit differently yes but pur society could not function without team work and family and it would collapse if we just didn't care for one another sure there are still many horrible human beings and many other things that can harm you but I can be almost certain that if you were in trouble and people know About it and knew how to help exactly they would do it.

[@oofgraal2644]

They have more than I do

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😖

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sending you random love through the universe

[@ytcommentsguy]

Nat Geo makes the animals appear as if they were paid actors.

[@mocabeentrill]

Couldn't have said it better!

[@jeanshorthousse6987]

I live on the west coast of Vancouver island and the wild life is amazing. Around my cabin we have lots of bears , mainly black bear but the grizzly are starting to turn up here , I often hear cougars screaming at night have seen a couple of wolverines, out front I look over the Berkeley sound and all through the early year we have dozens of Grey whales , humpback and killer whales , it is national geographic on my doorstep.

[@ytcommentsguy]

@@jeanshorthousse6987 You are close to nature than most of us. Do the wild animals threaten you?

[@shhhhmonkey5463]

When me and my gang pull up 😂😂

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🤣🤣

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Lol

[@puneethkm5638]

Team work

[@nassiglutt6587]

Wise. Avoid one on ones.😎

[@ashokjat4632]

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[@silencieux4464]

That's one gorgeous cobra . Extremely beautiful . 🖤❤️

[@jctrops4447]

Meerkat reminds me of Dominic Torreto's Motto "Stick together we are Family"

[@sahilk9656]

No one talking about how beautiful the COBRA is.

[@naturelover4148]

Scary AF

[@Oren0614]

Nah not really

[@brucerandy69]

While you are admiring it's beauty, it does strike you. Life feeding on life.

[@dansherwood1043]

Nope. Kill the thing!

[@thiago_akhe]

4:03 - Meerkat: Hakuna Matata, bro.

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🤣🤣 you crazy

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@@carlosmzena548 why

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[@ashokjat4632]

Very touching story mother ostrich

[@christmg4682]

When the family ran back to protect the young kid. Me : Cue the AVENGERS theme!

[@Fenixias]

Meerkats - assemble!

[@blablableh724]

It is not teamwork, they are a family and all related, unity is the key to their survival.

[@obihieleuchendu8243]

Towards the end of the video I loved how they all stood vertically facing the same direction while watching as the snake slithers away

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😊😊😊

[@darkknight-yc7tg]

Baby meerkat to adult meerkat: bhai panga ho gya, bande le aa😬

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😂

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😂😁

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😃😃

[@shashank88100]

🐵

[@areukhano]

Lafda😂

[@nyanbemoyanz7989]

Best meerkat movie I've ever watched.

[@cinnamon7719]

My dad loves watching this channel.

[@ashokjat4632]

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[@hydragaming6332]

At the end cobra was like : Bahar mileyo tab btata hu😂

[@footjn532]

Bhai bhai😂

[@alvinasandra6233]

I teared up when family ran to the rescue 😢

[@kezhiahnebula]

🥺❤

[@wildcatslife686]

Me also it’s remind mom

[@Kallastar.]

@Ahem Ahem >Sandra

[@magellanmax]

Mongoose would never have left that tasty meal slither away!

[@renese5938]

Amazingly none of them took a video and post on social media

[@Anything13265]

They're so cute they look like a mix of kittens and puppies

[@NaWildAnimals]

*That meerkat chowing down on a scorpion as if it's a lobster is priceless! 😄*

[@tiromandal6399]

Damn the run of the clan was jaw dropping!

[@clark5583]

Dom would be proud of this family.

[@johnh5646]

Meerkats: That's it we need backup, deploy the mongoose.

[@ashokjat4632]

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[@sevenaries]

Pup: Somebody call an ambulance!! But not for me

[@chishimbachishimbah9669]

We need to learn from these meerkats how important to help the needy,inshort team work is important

[@umar-kv2kf]

Lesson need to be learn from these animals how to protect loved ones.

[@ashokjat4632]

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[@cookiepuppy7961]

2:00 pup:give me that is my food

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[@giannis9833]

What did I learn from meerkat pups today? Together we can!

[@eyramlloyd7271]

Merrrnnnn those Meerkats are better actors than Vin diesel no disrespect Buh how they were watching the snake leave is classic 🤣🤣🤣 with attitude and composure 💪🏻, y’all couldn’t have missed dah

[@Iam-qu5vq]

Snake thinking 1 min ago i was in a hole and this cameraman has put me in between these meerkats

[@ajmalansari4501]

Uu

[@ashotmeloyan8240]

@@ajmalansari4501 kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIGWioaIiZeFq9k

[@eddymarquess8851]

That response to the call though 🚨

[@adest1021]

I’m learning so much in this.

[@aksharsolanki328]

Dude the cobra was just minding his own business

[@zyggi3988]

I love how no one died and just became friends.such a heart warming moment❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@user-qx3hf7bd2n]

2

[@lolkwiatkowski9478]

The scorpion did lmao.

[@glitchygum4586]

.Imao

[@djkm9558]

they didnt become friends, the cobra left because it was a stalemate, he could have possibly killed 2 or 3 meerkats if he attacked them but then the rest would kill him, so he left.

[@JihadBunnydick]

Nature: I'm on a lunch break

[@sock91]

4:13 wasn't that yawn just adorable?

[@lehraleehee2627]

AWWWW THE PUPS ARE SO CUTEE

[@thecrabpulsar]

I was getting ready for an almighty tussle between meerkat and cobra...

[@gauravbhardwaj9573]

Baby merkut:ruk abhi bnde bula ke Lata hoon😂😂😂

[@absoluteinertia6963]

Plot Twist - They were paid for this 😂

[@murtazanabi5735]

Power of teamwork.....

[@PrashantKumar-fb7nm]

I wonder how do they record this so perfectly, and that too with clear sound. That's really amazing 😊

[@lputaa]

Meerkats tolerate human, you can pretty much go near them

[@highlightsreal9906]

And some of em are edited af, these videos are natural CGI bro

[@SaifulIslam-eh9dx]

How do they get so many angels!!

[@enggarrahayu5986]

​@@lputaa 😊 4:33 4:33 9kjml❤kjh❤jjjjjjhhijjj8li😊😊😊😊 lk Lo p

[@billyfeliciano788]

It’s all edited , sometimes they even get the animals together and put them there for the scene

[@ashishvermavlogs4541]

One of the most important lesson for family❤️

[@goldentiger1841]

Its funny how animals can band together to take on a bully, but too often humans cannot .

[@Woke365]

We the American people voted Trump out.

[@hummingbird4335]

@@Woke365 Nah, there was a rigging.

[@tweedledummie]

That's because with animals the bully is usualy another species. It's our own who bully humans.

[@Megha_PP]

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[@enissay9950]

I'm disappointed, I thought they would eat the cobra 🐍 🤦

[@abhishekchakraborty135]

You're a meerCat, so your babies must be called Kitte.. MeerCat : no, it's a Pup!!

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@Mert Deniz kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJrEm52omdOLqc0 very touching story mother ostrich😢😢😢😢

[@abhishekchakraborty135]

@Mert Deniz I have no knowledge of mammal classification and was trying to make a lame joke.. which clearly failed😂 But it's good knowledge, infact when I searched what mustelids were, I came to know that there's an animal called WOLVERINE!! never knew this before.. so cheers👍

[@melkahar6249]

Wow that was amazing 😍

[@the_ythunter501]

The gang pulling up like let’s go

[@rishichaurasia1883]

Magoose: Looks Cute, Laser Focused, They all have GF Me: Make it Opposite

[@mcul0ver]

The poor scorpion 🦂

[@playstationhindidubzz9604]

Legends are comparing this with The Lion King.

[@prakarshraj5386]

Le the meerkat : United we're the strongest survivors of Kalahari.

[@javeedkhanafg6236]

From Afghanistan🇦🇫🇦🇫 its was so fun vedio👌👌

[@RoleyChiu]

The little baby with his tail up is so cute 3:51

[@vlado2701]

Amazing video ! Awesome cool ! I'm deeply moved ! I immensely grateful dear National Geographic for Your faultlessly ideal job ! Great and noble Mission !

[@khalazeez4780]

THANK YOU GOD

[@tc204]

Amazing footage

[@chingangbamgunleima2218]

They are so cute and lovely 🥺

[@CountryCowboy008]

The cobra is me in a group chat when all of my friends are against my idea lmao

[@atulutkarsh4664]

Why are they so cute.😚

[@MeAnKo]

Meerkut: I don't have friends. I've family.

[@suecole5543]

Brilliant maneuver tactics' by the meerkats. They leave a path free for the snake to get away but close ranks so it cant' get out any other way . Amazing little animals .

[@udaybhansahani9406]

😊😊😊😅

[@saranshkapadia3887]

That one Meerkat be like: "Indira Nagar ka Gunda hoon main"

[@NikhilRaj2905]

😂

[@harshitgusain1927]

😂😂😂😂

[@nubianlion2193]

What ever you said fits to explain the situation bro.

[@LivingZoology]

No need to add a terribly loud hissing sound to every scene with snakes. Not realistic at all and misleading viewers, seeking drama at any costs.

[@ashokjat4632]

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[@dreemfeed8077]

Clearly you haven't seen cobra face to face then.

[@LivingZoology]

@@dreemfeed8077 Haha, good joke :D Check our channel, maybe you will find some cobras there ;)

[@travelerempty]

and the Meerkats loud cuckoo sound too. and the terribly loud commentator sound too . . . not realistic at all . . . misleading viewers, seeking drama at any costs.

[@ashokjat4632]

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[@tahanawazhasan1050]

Dom toretto would be proud of meerkats!

[@kellilangley6753]

Mom: oh hell naw, honey, Bobby Lee, Bobby Joe, grandma, grandpa, all the siblings, grab the cousins and the aunts and uncles, Jr. is in trouble!”

[@summerberkemeier2196]

The babies are too cute!!

[@haroonbhat]

Please adopt them

[@alexmorton4991]

Hello Summer, how are you doing?

[@butchadon9177]

King Julian of Madagascar wya? 😂

[@shazadaslam8049]

The call for help and the way the rest of the crew responded was joy to watch and at the same time very saddening because as humans we would rather stand at a distance and pull out our phones and record someone else’s misery. If we as humans regardless of race or religion got along and watched each other’s backs we would be the greatest creation to set foot on this planet.

[@jennaschwartz6814]

100%

[@084_ilyas4]

❤️❤️

[@Dakingalbert2]

Well meerkats would do the same if it's a random meerkat not apart of they clan any animal would and humans would come to rescue if they family was in danger MOST of the time so...comments like this really kill me lol

[@leonardoaskia4779]

We only respond like that when the rich are in trouble..they hand out guns and uniforms and we gladly go and fight to defend their interests...

[@sanjays.j]

Om jo jo ullu ki pinki oil om jo jo😊 ko p ho l ke❤❤ om om jo jo ki jip ko ke ke oil ko ipl oil oil up u up up ko ji ji ujjjjjjj

[@kareemhijazy3428]

That cobra is a gangsta till uncle timon calls a warthog friend of his

[@cookiepuppy7961]

2:09 up to 2:16 just the normal fighting

[@ashokjat4632]

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[@3eqab]

لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله

[@PrashantKumar-su4vj]

baby meerkat: i need backup!!!! i repeat need backup

[@user-rt6ch2kl5s]

Praise to the Creator how many Of His Signs people pass by and do not think

[@Vikas20a]

i am more interested to see how this video was shot or behind the scene action.

[@eddted2876]

Smart meerkats. the Cobra are dangerous and scorpions are evil works. Wow! What an amazing video and lessons to.learn!

[@lifeandmusic962]

I remembered having chips when I saw that baby meerkat😅

[@TrackedHiker]

It’s cool how they use their tails to make a tripod to stand up for so long stably.