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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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Meerkat Pup Had a Really Productive Day
Meerkat Pup Had a Really Productive Day
A baby meerkat at the Colchester Zoo in England had a really fantastic day, according to eye-witnesses. Not only did he pick up his dry cleaning and square away some online bill payments, but he made time to catch up with some old friends whom he hadn’t seen in ages.
Via Keven Law.
Baby Meerkat Challenges Kittens to Cute-Off
Baby Meerkat Challenges Kittens to Cute-Off
In bold move unsanctioned by the meerkat community, a renegade pup named Baxter has challenged all of Kittendom to a cute-off – a one-time, winner-take-all battle for adorable supremacy.
While there has been no official response from the kitten community, The Fluffington Post has learned from a number of sources that the leadership intends to accept the challenge, and aims to hold the competition in early May.
We will keep you apprised of this story as it develops.
Via DRodders.
Meerkat Enjoys a Break From Work
Meerkat Enjoys a Break From Work
Roddy, a meerkat employed at the Los Angeles Zoo, is pictured here taking his afternoon break. "He usually takes some times in the afternoon, climbs up on the rock and just meditates. It really recharges his batteries, you know?“ says Steve Tilson, a concessions worker at the zoo.
Via Oddernod.