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Baby meerkats

Lia and Roo, our cute pair of hand-reared baby meerkat sisters, are coming on leaps and bounds - as this photo gallery shows.

Meerkat babies Sisters Lea and Roo playing together in Animal Adventure.
Baby meerkats Surrogate mother Suzie Hyde says hand-reared meerkat Roo is very ‘mischievous’.
Baby meerkats Baby meerkat Lea looks down a tunnel in her Animal Adventure play area.
Meerkat babies Lea and Roo will be joining the Zoo’s Animals in Action demonstration.
Meerkat babies Hand-reared meerkat Lea is a much calmer meerkat than her ‘playful’ sister Roo.
Baby meerkats Zookeepers took the Zoo’s latest additions; sisters Lia and Roo, into their care after their mother abandoned them.
Baby meerkats Lea and Roo being playful.
Baby meerkats The baby meerkats were born in March.
Meerkat babies Hand-reared meerkat Roo can already stand up on her hind legs doing the famous meerkat ‘lookout pose’.”
Meerkat babies At first surrogate mum Suzi was feeding the meerkats every two hours day and night.
Baby meerkats Baby meerkat Lea is thriving after been hand reared.

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