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Caption This for 09/08/2017

Posted September 08, 2017 4:45 PM by MaggieMc

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09/08/2017 4:53 PM

It's good that I have this telephoto lens. Meerkats are very difficult to get close enough to photograph.

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09/08/2017 5:26 PM

Mike the cameraman brought along his spotter 'meerkat Pete'. Let's listen in...

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09/08/2017 6:29 PM

Wow that camouflage graphic dip on the lens housing is really REALLY working.

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09/08/2017 6:42 PM

The newest navy seals are not citizens of the U.S. We will take anyone as spotters for our snipers.

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09/08/2017 6:47 PM

I see Kim Jong Un, do you really think you can blend in with the rats of North Korea and take him out? Grab your bothers, it's a go....

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09/08/2017 8:04 PM

Photo shooting meerkats in the wild requires the right kind of decoy...
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09/08/2017 8:53 PM

Off the lens!

Mind your Manors.

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09/11/2017 8:06 AM

This guy better look to his right. There's Meerkatzilla on the horizon.
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09/11/2017 11:13 AM

Hey! I can see your house from up here!

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09/11/2017 6:27 PM

And if you squint....you can see Russia

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09/12/2017 10:51 AM

"Darnit, I can't find a single meerkat to photograph. The guide said they were so plentiful here I'd be practically tripping over them. Where are they hiding?"

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09/16/2017 10:19 AM

If I can see farther, it is because I stand on the lenses of giants.

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09/16/2017 11:17 AM

New Disney family moving coming out in November... 'The adventures of Tom and Squiggy'....

It's about a Unemployed journist traveling the world... and a Pirate Meerkat looking for adventure.

Spoiler alert... 42 minutes into the film... the unemployed journalist ate the Pirate Meerkat.

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09/18/2017 10:58 AM

"Due to Mike's carpal tunnel syndrome he had to get a service critter to focus his lens. Let's listen in as he takes a photo..."

Mike:"take two steps to your right and just hop to your left"... Click.

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09/18/2017 11:01 AM

Meercat: "Sure this is going overboard to hire a photographer, but it's the only way I can get evidence of my neighbor's dog taking a dump in my yard!"

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09/18/2017 11:04 AM

"Sure this is going overboard to hire a photographer,...

Well its great that your giving this unemployed photographer work

...but it's the only way I can get evidence of my neighbor's dog taking a dump in my yard!

ahhh,... it wasn't your neighbors dog,... it was one of your employees that made the deposit in your yard..

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09/22/2017 11:13 AM

acameratata

It's a problem free

photography

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