Photos of Meerkats at Drusillas Park Zoo by Dean Thorpe.

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Here are some of the pictures from my huge collection of Meerkat photos. I have always loved the Meerkats and always take many more photos of them every time I go to Drusillas Park Zoo or any others Zoo's that have them. Meerkats are members of the Mongoose family.

Latin name: Suricata suricatta

Also known as: Sun Angels, Meercats

Location at Drusillas: Just after the Black and white ruffed Lemurs, opposite the Sulawesi Crested Macaques and before the Common Marmosets.

	A slightly scruffy and almost lonely looking Meerkat, they don't normally look like that! Maybe he was having a really bad day, I know how bad I can look sometimes!
	A happier looking Meerkat at Drusillas, this one was very friendly and seemed to be almost posing for the cameras. The Meerkats are always very popular with everybody
	Meerkats work as a team and they all have their jobs, so while the others are foraging for food on the ground, they have at least one up high as a lookout for danger
	Another Meerkat looking out for danger and also the Drusillas Park keepers bringing them dinner or some tasty snacks, they have different barks for different warnings.
	Meerkats are very social animals and you can often see them snuggled up at Drusillas, even on nice warm days. I would not mind being in the middle of all of them
	As the Sussex weather is not always great and Meerkats are from Africa there are heat lamps that they can sit under when they need to warm up on cold days
	If you want to get a really close up look at the Meerkats at Drusillas Park then this dome is great, sadly its only really suitable for children, not for me!
	The Meerkats at Drusillas Park Zoo always seem very friendly and not at all bothered by the heards of noisy kids that they get walking past them every day
	This beautiful Meerkat was doing a little sunbathing on a really nice day, I love how laid back and relaxed it looked, just like a human relaxing by a pool.
	My last Drusillas Meerkat photo for this page of two Meerkats. Taken late in the day, they cast shadows nearly as big as them on the orange rock wall beside them.

I hope you enjoyed seeing the photos as much as I enjoyed taking them

Constructive comments are always very welcome.