July in Botswana is a winter month, which means cold nights and mornings - thermometers then show just a few dashes July in Botswana is a winter month, which means cold nights and mornings - thermometers show just a few degrees above zero. Meerkats, after a night in cool burrows, stand on two legs to use of the rays of the low morning sun as good as possible. This daily ritual takes them several dozen minutes, it is enough to warm up their frozen bodies well. During this process, they constantly look from side to side, checking if there is any potential danger.