Using the MeerKAT telescope in South Africa, an international team of astronomers has detected 26 new Galactic radio transients. Most of them turned out to be rotating radio transients (RRATs).

"Annnnnnnndddd now I want a meerkat," a third person added. "HOW DOES IT FEEL TO LIVE MY DREAM," one commenter exclaimed. We've been fans of meerkats ever since we first saw them in Meerkat Manor.

That’s essentially the cooperative breeding system of meerkat groups, in which one dominant male and female monopolize the mating and pup-bearing. What helps that female keep her coveted position?