Affection for these small masked mammals grows as the gang recovers from the death of Flower of Animal Planet's Meerkat Manor in the Kalahari Desert in South Africa.
The Whiskers clan of meerkats in the Kalahari is without a matriarch. Flower, the leader of the central gang of meerkats that is the focus of Animal Planet Channel's documentary cum soap opera, Meerkat Manor, died in real life February during the filming of the show's third season after being bitten by a cobra.
Animal Planet's Meerkat Manor Viewers Mourn the Death of Flower
So, when viewers tuned in at the end of September and watched Meerkat Manor’s matriarch, the feisty Flower Whiskers die on screen, even Animal Planet executives were stunned by the outpouring of grief from across the world.
Meerkat lovers, who swamped the network with sorrow-filled notes after the death of Shakespeare in Season One the previous year, were shattered to hear the news that in an episode scheduled for the end of September 2007, Flower Whiskers, the queen of the Kalahari in South Africa would die of a cobra bite.
A Journey's End, featured the sad events leading up to Flower's untimely death, which occurred during yet another meerkat struggle for survival in South Africa's Kalahari Desert.
Flower Whiskers - Queen of the Kalahari
The Animal Planet Channel is planning a commemorative spot, an online tribute and a press event in New York to honor the Meerkat Manor heroine. There is also a feature film in the works, Queen of the Kalahari, which is intended to be a prequel about Flower's life prior to her small-screen stardom.
"Flower was larger than life," said Marjorie Kaplan, general manager of Animal Planet and Discovery Kids Media. "She stood tall against her foes, readily and regularly faced conflict and was a pillar of strength for her family."

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I was so, so sad to know that Flower had died. She was such an exemplary animal from whom many of us humans could learn a lot . . .

a damn cobra got that valiant beautiful lady meerkat

The cobra was not at fault. Wildlife is wildlife. That's how things happen. However, yes, it was extremely sad to know that Flower had died. I felt horrible.

your right I just grew to love that little lady meerkat Princess Flowers

i saw that show last year - it it the same one? Im not sure - but i remember one of them being ousted by her sister who takes over her kids, and eventually the little ones begin to hesitate when their real mom calls out to them.....was that flower?