Three brothers have swelled the meerkat numbers at a Redcar animal centre to a magnificent seven.
Just in time for the half-term holidays, Huey, Dewey and Louie have joined the Kirkleatham Owl centre’s existing quartet, Chico, Groucho, Zeppo and Beachy.
And already their personalities are starting to shine through, with Huey the ambitious one, Dewey the calm, quiet one and Louie, to be frank, the not-so-bright one!
The three young brothers have just arrived at the centre from another park. But because meerkats live in large family groups in the wild, Kirkleatham staff are confident they will fit in well.
Cenre manager Craig Wesson said: “For meerkats, hierarchy is everything. They are obsessed with who ranks where, who’s above them, who’s below them and how they can work their way up.
‘’Huey is ambitious and has already moved up the rankings to become third or even second in the pecking order. But there’s no question who’s in charge - that’s Chico!”
Other half-term activities at the centre include a daily flying display at 2.30pm, a meerkat feed and talk at 3pm and “animal encounters” with owls, rats and creepy crawlies at 3.15pm.
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