Philadelphia Zoo Meerkat Tries to Sneak into Aardvark's Den

One of the meerkats in the Zoo's Small Mammal House tries to sneak into the aardvarks' den while they are still sleeping, then comes bolting out. (The aardvarks don't want intruders in their bedroom!)

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Pets & Animals

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• Philadelphia Zoo
• zoos
• Small Mammal House
• meerkat
• meerkats
• cute
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• Saturday
• December
• 2008
• mammal
• mammals
• humor

[ZooVisitorMM]

@MizNelson Good observations (and interpretations of the scenes)!

[MizNelson]

Note the quick conspiratorial glance he seems to give you at the beginning before sneaking in. Then he actually looks scandalized after running back out. Too bad he apparently didn't notice the "Do Not Disturb" sign.

[ZooVisitorMM]

@awesomeH2O The aardvarks and the meerkats share an exhibit area in the Small Mammal House. I'm not good at estimating or remembering the specifics of exhibit sizes, but you can see the whole viewing area in my videos, so you can probably estimate it.

[awesomeH2O]

Nice video.

This may sound like a weird question...but which place in the Zoo are the meerkats and aardvarks located? When I used to go to the Zoo (I do not now), I never saw these animals.

How much space do the meerkats and aardvarks have?

[ZooVisitorMM]

Thanks for adding more details to the story!

Several times I have observed the meerkats heading back to the doorway/entrance to the aardvark den even after the keeper has placed their food out.

I think they are very curious about everything, including what the aardvarks are doing!

[EQLhasas]

The door that the keeper comes through is back there as well. Anytime they hear noise behind the door, one of them will run over to see if the keeper is coming to feed them.