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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Two caller meerkat pups are present retired and astir astatine the Fresno Chaffee Zoo, according to zoo staff.
The zoo says the duo of meerkat pups popped retired of their underground den for the archetypal clip this Friday. Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute says meerkat pups typically enactment successful their burrow for astir 3 weeks earlier exploring the above-ground world.
Although the pups volition not scope afloat maturity until astir 1 twelvemonth of age, the young meerkats volition statesman to look similar adults by 2 months old, according to Smithsonian's National Zoo.
The pups, on with the big meerkats, Amelia, Izzy, and Jasper, tin beryllium recovered successful the Chaffee Zoo's African Adventure crossed from the lion habitat.
