Spy in the Wild: ROBOT is left to babysit tiny meerkats

In an incredible display of friendship, a meerkat has been captured roping a robot into babysitting duty. In the clip, which will be aired on the BBC One series'Spy in the Wild' this week, a mechanical meerkat is taken in and accepted into a colony of the animals. The incredible footage shows how meerkat mothers band together to raise their young, which can number as many as 18 a year. In an incredible display of friendship, a meerkat has been captured roping a robot into babysitting duty. In the clip, which will be aired on the BBC One series'Spy in the Wild' this week, a mechanical meerkat is taken in and accepted into a colony of the animals At first sight they look exactly like the real thing – cute, cuddly and in some cases terrifying creatures of the wild.