Stato(VWM050) was born in August 18, 2002 in the Whiskers Mob. His mother was Flower and his father was Zaphod. His two litter-mates sisters were Baddiel(VWF049) and Skinner(VWF051). Stato and his siblings were actaully the first surviving litter born to Flower and Zaphod. The pups survived their first few weeks and started foraging with the group. The Whiskers were a small group but they had a lot of adults and few young meerkats. His sister Skinner disappeared on February 22, 2003 and was assumed predated. Stato and remaining sister Baddiel survived through their first year. Most of the oldest males started to leave the group and Stato started to rove. By 2004 he was one of the oldest subordinate males within the group besides his uncles. Stato became an uncle for the first time on March