While the offspring still rely on their mother’s milk, other meerkats will forfeit their feeding time to stay behind and watch the pups so that the mother can get plenty of nourishment to fortify her milk supply. Once the pups begin eating solid food, the other meerkats teach them how to forage and often give up part of their own meal in order to supplement the pups’ diet. The group care given to meerkat offspring is an example of how animals in a group sometimes put the needs of above the needs of
in order to increase the chances of their group surviving over time.

Blank 1- other species, the individual, or the population
Blank 2- the individual, the young offspring, or the population

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