Grus(VRRM122) was born in a wild group. His mother and father are unknown. They may have been the dominant pair or a female who mated with a rover. His litter-mates are unknown. When he was an adult he left his group to rove along with another male VRRM121, maybe his brother or a related male. The two wild meerkats were First Seen December 16, 2008 when they joined one of the habituated meerkat groups in the Kalahari Meerkat Project.