Meerkat Middle Child Ruins Family Photo

Meerkat Middle Child Ruins Family Photo

Dr. and Mrs. Moorehouse just wanted a classic family portrait. The well-to-do meerkat couple made arrangements with the desert’s best photographer, AJ Felps.

“The kids were well behaved at first,” Felps tells The Fluffington Post. “Everyone lined up and gave their best smiles. But then one of them started acting out.”

Felps is referring to Clayton, the middle pup, who began making faces and fidgeting during the photo shoot.

“It’s classic middle child syndrome,” says Felps. “I see it all the time. But Dr. Moorehouse had a good father-son talk with him, and got him to settle down.”

However, a source tells The Fluffington Post that Moorehouse promised Clayton ice cream in exchange for good behavior.

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