Q: What do young female meerkats act as in colonies?


Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers:

Besides social insects, animals in many other species also cooperate. For example, in meerkat colonies, young female meerkats act as babysitters. They take care of the baby meerkats while their parents are out looking for food.

 Choices:

- predators

- defenders

- midwives

- babysitters


A:
babysitters