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Watch the BBC first on iPlayer 👉 bbc.in/iPlayer-Home After a bite from a cape cobra and disappearing for 2 days, Ernesto's life hangs in the balance.
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For years afterwards as the meerkats sat round the fire, the youngsters would beg old Uncle Ernesto to tell the tale of the snake bite.
"It was a rough two days little meerkats, but on the third day of sheer pain... the snake died." :-)
Sounds like a Far Side cartoon
Oh yeah they stick together Like Glue until one gets bit by a snake and then they abandon nice
Sounds like a thing rango would tell
Deplorable D really clever post....bravo!
I cannot believe these guys took the time to name every single one of those meerkats. 😂😂
Endergirl Gaming
Tru dat
That must've been hard for the crew because when you name something you get attached to it. Imagine the sadness in the back of their minds when they thought Ernesto died.
R.I.P. Ernesto
when new meerkats are born, since they're always being watched the first person to see a pup gets to name it lol
*WEIT UR FLAMENGOS LAMP MOTH?!* *LAMPLAMPLAMPLAMPLAMPLAMPLAMP*
This actually had me in tears, I'm so proud of Ernesto, what a champ
Chilton He died 3 days later
Ernesto rulez
I just showed that to a friend of mine. I knew whats coming. Yet, no escape from Ernestotears....
@@AldousHuxley7 where did you see that
@@AldousHuxley7 😂😂😂
*Camera man filming a camera man while getting filmed*
Cameraception
That's the real amazing thing about this video
On the scale of i - i0 how high r u?
Prabhat Bhandari
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Camera orgy it is.
I could never be a wildlife photographer because you're not supposed to interfere with the "natural course of things". It'd either drive me crazy or I'd break that rule every day.
I agree...it would be really tough in a situation like Ernesto's because he survived the attack and the snake left...but he was suffering so much. I'd want to get him medical attention.
Kitty Buttcheeks Clone k
its a stupid rule...one that a normal human being wouldnt follow
Globsters looking at your liked channels shows you are troll. I laugh at your response to start conflict,
actually no, i actually totally stand beside my comment 100%
can you actually respond to what i said maybe? My point is that the idea of not interrupting the natural course is a pretty fundamental and very not-stupid concept that tries to protect the environment, i think it's rather stupid, to call that stupid
I'll never forget when Flower got bit & died. None of us watching Meerkat Manor were prepared for that. I cried.
One reason why I named my dog after her, she's 11 now, she just turned 11 last Saturday.
Shout out to ernesto for sleeping off that venom, I do the same with Hennessy. 2 days and I'll be alright
I didint know i was looking for this comment
LMFAOO
@invictus thraxx ~ hilariously funny 🐸 I've had plenty of that venom🐍
Word Life, my Hennessy drinka!
Word Life!
Bahahahahahahahha
I thought meerkats just ate bugs. Damn lion king did me dirty.
Well, they ate a millipede and a spider, not bugs but still
@helicopter weewee and don't forget they kill each others offspring too. It's truly a dangerous game for both.
"Hakuna Matata"😆
@@russellhammond371 It's just a funny comment dude..
@helicopter weewee The hyeans are usually the first at the carcass of dead animal due to their superior sense of smell, as far as who eat what they kill lions are still way ahead.Hyenas are serious cause for dead for subadult lions and cubs, on orher hand the lions are the only predators that put the hyenas numbers in check.
Amazing, Ernesto really walked through the valley of the shadow of death for two days and lived.
he took a look at his self and realized he had no friends left, scheming and sneaking sniffing around, hoping they can put him in the ground. hes gotta go, and show them ropes, let um know he hates that trend and its time for rebounD!
Animals killing each other is normal in nature but seeing him how he was suffering becoming so weak was just to much for me.
too
Jane Layagan but isn't that just animals killing each other over again
I actually teared up while watching this
That is why the camera crew injected the meerkat with the their anti venom. Great ending though. At times its hard letting nature take it's course all the time.
I wouldve grabbed a gun and shoot him ah couple times to end his suffering fast i know its not right but at the same time it is because ernesto is just going to die suffering poor animal hes just going to die slow and in pain something i would not be able to watch or go thru being there
He’s like the meerkat version of Leonardo decaprio in the revenant
Wow Wee wow spoiler
he kinda looks like him too tbh
😂😂 i love this!!!!
Legend
This happened before that movie.....si it's more like decapiro being the meerkat version of Kalahari....
This is one of the most wholesome videos on TH-cam. The camera man being overwhelmed after seeing Tio Ernesto reunite with the pack is priceless.
Poor Ernesto
Pobre Ernesto.
hipnhappenin my name is ernesto and i am in hospital
is my baby, Ernesto. -Consuela
oh Ernesto.. don't leave me Ernesto
Lmao just got this random recommendation and that's my name oof government watch me I gotta watch out
Whenever I feel less motivated & down I always come to this video for inspiration ... The sheer amount of pain Ernesto Meerkat goes through just to survive ... Simply incredible
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Same watched it 100 times
What a niche thing. Just stumled upon it and now that i Red your comment. I will do so too
I love how the cameraman was so happy that SnakeMeerkat came back
I'm from Africa and grew up with meerkat all my life. They are such beautiful creatures.
He looks like an ernesto
Lol
Should have been named Jesus.
Doesn’t he??!
He's not looking too good tho
"The group is vigilant for intruders!" 4:05 Massive intruder right next to you!
lmao... i can't breath from laughing ahahahahaha ahahaha
haha XD though this family has been watched for many, many years. Each meerkat alive grew up being watched so they don't view the camera men as threats.
Fugue State BRUH TBH
They captured one of the family and kept a collar on it to track it so the one they caught would say hey these guys are cool
Fugue State hahhaha
Ernesto was henceforth known as scar, venom slayer
Miraculous recovery? Two days later and Ernesto's still looking like he can't see shit.
not dead yet!
bite tis, snake!
@Curtis Riceman lololol
A grown man wont last 1 hour with that venom!, the narrator said that venom could kill ten men!! So surviving two days after the bite that means in human scale Ernesto is a super hero!
@@wildwildItaly No it would be called interfering with nature
Go Pro Rottweilers can’t interfere moron
Poor Ernesto. He sure looks like shit. Glad he bounced back...
Tony S lol your comment had me cracking up, but yes I’m glad he bounced back also “he sure looks like shit” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
AriesAllDay
Ha! Yeah, poor guy sure had a rough time.. 👍
Tony S he died.
omg, lol.. I read your comment first then when I got to 1:48 I almost lost my shit! What a laugh... poor little fella.
😭😂😂
*How Ernesto uncomfortably slept off cobra venom for two days*
What happened to the Cobra that bit Ernesto?? Is she dead or what??
The Cobra must have not injected all the Venom otherwise that meerkat would have been dead within hours.
Ernesto you're a superhero. Thanks to to the work of this cameraman and who narrated the story of theese wonderful animals.
A little tear fall for Ernesto.....
This BBC series was exceptional viewing. So immersing the way you are drawn into their special Colony and taken along on their adventures.....
Highly recommend looking into the original series if you missed this Gem!
How can a Meerkat survive enough venom to kill ten people?!?
Something about their evolution. Badgers are similar. If they go into a sleep-like state for 24 hours the venom works it's way through the body and eventually they excrete it. Then their bodies can recuperate from it in the following weeks. But it doesn't always work. The difference in humans is that we haven't come in contact enough with snake venom for our bodies to learn to withstand it. So essentially we have a no immunity to it.
Amy Holt I found your comment to be quite helpful and am thankful for your input
+Amy Holt thanks for the info
the animal kingdom is to respected. wow
Johannes R the snake didn't get a solid hit
These meerkats are cute and poor Ernesto.. he's too cute to suffer that venom
It's okay it's part of life
He is a tough cookie
that cute thing is badass enough to hunt for cobras
I couldn't do this job all I would want to do is save him 😭
You have to leave them alone and let nature do it’s things.
me too. I can't just watch him suffer and die.
@@travmendoza that’s a load of crap. If it was a human everyone would be interfering but just because it’s an animal suddenly we think it’s more noble to just let it suffer. It’s such a double standard and doesn’t make any sense.
me too..i wanna cry..love the poor meerkat..i wish him feel better
@@auspicious6703 just like humans, animals know what to do. Don't fool yourself thinking you're the only intelligent creature on the planet.
Merecats: hey brah, you sure you ok
Ernesto: ffggh gghhh huh uthh ugyh
😂😂😂😂
"forget about it"
Did I translate that right? Or is it just gibberish?
Forget Keeping up w the Kardashians, I rather watch Keeping up with Ernesto!
I'm second that
My heart goes for him/her, What a brave creatures.!!💚
Ernesto is teaching us humans that even though we have suffered and faced many consequences like disease or depression or anything we should never give up and there is still hope for us to live
such a beautiful story!!! I had tears in my eyes! My favorite little animals!! So glad I live in Africa and can see these little Meerkats!!
Plot Twist: It was another Meercat that looked a lot like Ernesto.
Dave Mustaine stfu dave
Dave Mustaine yeah Dave, shut yo ass up
"Hello 007. Your mission, should you choose accept it, will be to infiltrate our rival group"
Poor Dave
Never fails to amaze me how tough and resilient animals can be. Especially the little ones.❤️❤️❤️❤️
The amount of good karma Ernesto had done in his past life must have been tremendous.
Sadly he actually died on the 3rd day :(
ERNESTO IS THE DEFINITION OF A WARRIOR !
This is proof that Hispanic meerkats are more resistant to Cobra venom.
😂😂
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latengocomoburro their not Hispanic there from Africa
@@wowso4 I know, it is just a joke, you did not get the joke.
Holy dear. I couldn't.. I just COULDN'T watch this without dropping a tear. I never reacted like that while watching films
eading books, which make other people flood everything around them with tears.
Who can keep own tears inside, watching how a little meerkat was dying slowly feeling total agony?
Of course the ending - is such a relief. I'm so happy! So happy he is alive! Long live Ernesto!
Are we all just sitting here pretending Richard Hammond isn’t narrating....is it so obvious that no one is pointing it out?
Dirty SMS yeah 😂
Dude I was waiting for him to start reviewing a Porsche 911 the whole time.
He's done loads of documentaries before/during and after top gear, I used to watch him on that science programme as a kid called 'Brainiac' I think it was, always blowing up caravans hahaha
Chilton thanks for the heads up! I’ll try to find some of his previous programs. As an American I only know him from Top Gear
I love how the camera man is excited hes home. He's nearly a part of the family himself . respect to the camera man
My heart aches for this little guy watching this.
The spirit is larger than the challenge. Much respect for Ernesto.
Human: Watch out for that Cobra, they’re deadly!
Meerkat: Hold my lizard!!!
Camera guy: okay I'm about to save this animal but not on video
Next day Miracle recovery
sadly Ernesto was last seen February 2013 after he disappeared with his bro Big Pimpin :'( RIP
Can you tell me which episode/series these things happened, please? Thank you,
S03E02
Maybe he left the group for some females. Happens all the times. Maybe he started his own group. There are so many posibilities. He must not be dead.
He came back amd lived
If he lived, being last seen in 2013, even as a 1 year old, he's getting real old these days ;-;
God, I am sooo happy for Ernesto!!! well done, little guy, well done.
Imagine being a foot tall in that place. With literal monsters out there who can swoop down and take you away. Or surprise you and viciously bite and try to kill you. And oh yeah, take care of those kids too right? Deep respect for the meerkats. Amazing animals.
Big Ernesto is a universal soldier! Savage! 😂❤
I once saw an hour long documentary about meerkats, I 1st thought it was this one, but it seems a different one. It illustrated a meerkat clan which lived near an other meerkat clan, that wanted to take over their habitat. There was some back and forth between them, can't remember exactly if they lost their home to them, but they had to move and started a long journey to a different place. And right at that time, one member got bitten just like here (can't remember his name, I call him Brave 😎), and was struggling really hard and about to die. The other clan members could not wait on him due to the timeframe they had to get to a safe and appropriate place, so they had to move on without him. They were migrating for several days and found a place. In the meanwhile poor Brave was very weak and couldn't walk anymore, so he lay down and waited for his destiny 😢. It past about a week and the clan already got used to their new home and were doing the ordinary activities, which a typical meerkat family does, searching for food, eating their most loved menu like scorpions, the younger members were playing, others were keeping guard etc.
One day the guardsman among the clan was standing in the typical meerkat stance 😄 and noticed something heading towards their territory. He immediately began to make some noises of concern and with every meter the danger came closer, he was increasing his warning sounds. At a certain distance he recognized, that it was another meerkat, so his alarming sounds went off like crazy, since it was recently, that they had to battle for their home!
The whole clan was alarmed and they all were ready to fight again. Then when the stranger meerkat got closer and closer, at some 20 meters or so, they felt something was strange, it didn't make sense and they still were nervous. When the other meerkat then came close about some 10 meters, they couldn't believe their eyes, BRAVE has fully recovered and was even able to track and find his beloved clan, all by himself, except by the mercy of God!
The meerkat clan was so happy, excited and flattering, and the whole family embraced Brave again into their clan 😭😄
As long as my memory serves me right, I won't forget that, that was so amazing to see, it was heartbreaking and gratifying at the same time 😊
Poor, sweet little creature, suffering so. I hope he got well again and that he didn't suffer permanent eye damage. If I was the photographer I couldn't just film him without doing anything for him. He desperately needed help, if just some food and water, but most of all veterinary care if at all possible.
Sofie A well I doubt there's any vets near, and he can't exactly eat properly and I doubt you could get close anyway
I love the way they are always standing and watching for any troubles to come
One of the best endings ever. Thanks for this video. It made someone's day much brighter!!!!
Ernesto life matters
They make me laugh when they stand up like "who want it" "anyone can get these hands"
I love their humming or their whispering language I feel their crunchy sound seems like an adorable laughs !! I wish if I'm able to adopt or embrace a one for myself .. these animals are scarce and rare to be triggered at my home .. nothing in adjacent or similar path to their cuteness
I like how the meerkats are vigilante without noticing the camera man 2 feet away
I remember flower the meerkat lol
reco cash omg! Throw back!
Scott Harris shakespeare too.
@@edgarescobar9895 I'm glad someone mentioned Shakespeare. He was always my favourite, back in the day
reco cash I remember rocketdog
I loved Meerkat Manor. That was my show.
Bro we gotta find that damm cobra and teach him a lesson 😡😤
I'm with you man
Gavigg75 😴
Maybe the cobra was protecting him self to a meerkat... the video didn’t show what really happened tho..
@Gavigg75 God bless you man...
Just bless you... 90% of this comment section don't give a shit about the nature and these important animals.
Peace 😉
Gato 69xxx and get bitten again
I remember when courageous little Shakespeare got bitten by a snake and also survived. Poor guy was never the same, naturally, but he lived.
These men no work for Oscars... Thier Life Itself Is An Award... Hats Off For Your Passion
this clip literally made me cry.
it's me awwwww...then come to me sugar, I'll cuddle with you
it's me awwwww...then come to me sugar, I'll cuddle with you
Vikram Rana What the actual fuck, weirdo
n o show Bob and vagene
Man I can never just stand there watching an animal slowly grow weak, suffering until the last breath. It would tear me up. Watching these documentaries is already difficult enough.
I hope we can all watch each other in pity as one of us might suffer here or there.
Go vegetarian and you will save many many ernestos.
@@videosofinterest9227 Found the vegan.
I hope the cute little meerkat makes it a lot longer. I was amazed on how close they let you get to them. Awesome video!
@1:53 my family went camping by a river when I was younger and my dog Sport, a little rat terrier, loved to stick his head under the water and try to catch minnows. He ended up with an ear infection (which didn't stop him dunking his head, we had to) that made his cheeks and entire face swell up drastically. He look as adorable as he could ever be at his own expense.
Only after rewatching this for the second time I realized that this was narrated by Richard Hammond.
Lol I realized in the first few seconds 😂
Damn I thought of John Hammond from Jurassic park for some reason 😂😂
bravo ernesto
Man, the meerkats don’t care about that photographer at 00:24. Such icons.
That uncle that’s always meditating
Thanks to the crew for their hardwork❤️
Brooooooooo. I remember my mom bought me a cd of meerkat manor!!!!
I must’ve been like 8 when I would watch this.
I’d play this every single day
Same 😭
Cameraman, your compassion touched me deeply.
so small such power in him! inspiration,idol for the rest of my life!! thanks Ernesto
Clearly, I’m not even as tough as a meerkat.
it's not just a meerkat, it's Ernesto
There's something poetic about the hamster narrating a documentary about animals.
He's an OG now.. and because of injuries he speaks like a God father
Meerkats are awesome!
Please bring me Ernesto!! Rough neighborhood I know. Bless his awesome little heart. He looked so damn miserable. 💔 I’d treat him like the king he is. ❤️
Timon has truly a warrior spirit
Camera man filming a camera man, filming, is like watching The Human Camerapede.
I always envision this when a wild boar suddenly arrives and they start singing!! #HakunaMatata
The beauty of the wild!
I’ll always love these little guys, especially Flower and Zaphod 💞
Thank you BBC for all the amazing videos.
*_HAMMOND!!!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON A NATURE DOCUMENTARY?_*
that blithering idiot.
3:58 “the group are vigilant for intruders”
*doesn’t* *notice* *camera* *man* *behind* *him*
The meetkats get used to seeing people
Paid actors
He is not considered an intruder.Simples!
@@ppal64 😆
BBC is really on top of their game!.....Meerkats are tough animals. We had 2no tame ones.
Never knew how sweet and family oriented meerkats are ...
Flower also got bitten by a snake but sadly she did not recover. She was an amazing leader 💜
Rest and vitamin d helped Ernesto bounce back
Ernesto lived to tell a wonderful story of his survival 😊
I want to follow this little guy’s journey after that recovery please show more of this clan
Aww poor little guy 😭
Animals killing eachother is natural, it's what they do.
Counter-argument; Humans saving wounded animals is natural, it's what we do.
Wait what
We are literally on the top of the food chain
People kill people, it’s what we do.
Truth.
Goes back to Genesis. We were given dominion over nature to steward and care for it but man fell from God and a curse came into the world. That is why even though we know this is how the way things currently are, we still feel the instinct to help animals. This is one of the many internal conflicts between light and dark humans face. Caring for nature was our original job.
Animals never used to kill eachother and neither did people. We are under a fallen order, not God's original order.
@@TazHall You know that bible is just a book, so genesis is a bs?
I love when that cameraman smiled..
*What a wonderful phrase*
My sons name is Ernesto 😓 made this harder to watch 😭
Why you named your son like an animal?
de fak? hahaha
Ernesto looking like he drank a whole bottle of patron and still recovering a week later
Amazing cameraman! What a good person!
Beautiful. I'm so glad it ended well for the family. Thanks for sharing this video.