A pair of dark eyes on a dune crest is not just a cute scene; it is the visible tip of a desert security architecture. Meerkats, which CNN once ranked among the world’s most adorable species, live on front lines patrolled by venomous snakes and raptors, where almost every movement is a negotiation with risk.What looks like playful milling around a burrow is in fact a social operating system in whi...More