14 DAY TRIAL // The four meerkat pups pictured above were born about two weeks ago at Richmond's Zoodoo Wildlife Park. Despite their still being too young to keep their eyes open, the baby meerkats seem more than willing to line up for a group picture.
In all fairness, they probably did not really have a say in the matter, seeing how, for the time being at least, they are to sit where their mother or where their caretakers place them.
Daily Mail explains that the meerkats were born in a specially built burrow, and that they are currently looked after not just by their mother, but also by the rest of the colony.
The pups are expected to spend the following few weeks hiding in the underground. Once they figure out what life is all about, their mother will grant them permission to go about exploring the rest of the enclosure.