Episode 10: Lost Echoes

Meet the Kakapo Meerkats-

Yuki: The New Leader
Tybalt: her fierce, but loyal partner
Velvet: the Troubled Mother
Tracker: the unsettling rival
And the fierce Terrors

For Velvet, life seems to had lost meaning now. Her only surviving pup Miracle still hadn't appeared and now she was pregnant again, but Yuki seems to be compassinate to her big sister and knows that the female is going through a tough time.

While Yuki, Jade, and Fireclaw groom and comfort Velvet, one meerkat is watching coldly. And that female is Tracker.

Tracker was one of Sea Star's oldest daughters and actually is Velvet's littermate, but she's a trouble meerkat, with big ambitions. Clearly Tracker isn't happy that one of her little sisters was now at the head of the group, and now one of her sisters is pregnant.

Tracker is pregnant as well and she's determinded to make sure her pups have a better chance. This will be her first litter if things go her way, but it might not.

As the Kakapos stirr, three meerkats are absent. Tybalt, the newly aclaimed dominant male, and Tsunami brothers Corbin and Sherman, the three had done the unthinkable, especially Tybalt. They deserted the mob!

For Yuki this could be bad, her leadership lies on having a mate and being able to raise pups, if one of her sisters finds a mate then she could be overthrown. With Tracker pregnant, she has a new rival.

For Velvet, she could barely care less. The Terrors, lead by her brutal big sister Moonrise took her only surviving pup and all her hope with it.

But for Yuki there is some relief, her pups are coming aboveground. Triss, Tansy, Nimbalo, and little Bluefen, the pups don't seem to keen to come aboveground and it takes some encouragements from Aunt Sunset and their mother before they gain the courage.

After several minutes all four pups are up and Yuki leads the foragers out, leaving behind Cloudy and Stormy to watch the pups. However, the group aren't aware that one meerkat won't be coming back.

When the group does return, one meerkat is missing from the ranks. Dominant female Yuki has fallen victim to a jackal, the only thing left is her radio collar.

For her pups life will be harder, and for Velvet and Tracker the stage has been set. The females scramble, except for Velvet, Sunset, and Jade. Tracker tries to come out on top but Firefly (aka Fireclaws) has won the crown.

The Kakapos have came under new leadership and only time will tell what their future holds.

Amongst the dunes of the desert a lone figure limps over the sand, unaware of what fate has came upon her family, with her own life uncertain, she might never return.

Weeks have past and now Firefly bears the collar of a dominant female, she has proven to be a fine leader already, but things have been tough.

Firefly is one of Velvet's littermates, she was nicknamed in the first of the series Fireclaws because of her fire color red fur. She had yet to have pups and she is aware of what Velvet is suffering through.

Tracker hasn't taken her defeat well, she craves for leadership but she's not really the one to lead a group this size, but she is like one of few that appear every so often.

Will Tracker cause chaos in the group?