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Meerkats get into Christmas spirit at Scottish safari park - in pictures

Meerkats enjoy Christmas: Christmas at Blair Drummond Safari Park
The animals munched on mealworms stuffed inside the socks and decorations Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA
Meerkats enjoy Christmas: Christmas at Blair Drummond Safari Park
Meerkats are omnivores and their natural habitat is dry, open country in south-west Angola, Namibia, Botswana and South Africa Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA
Meerkats enjoy Christmas: Christmas at Blair Drummond Safari Park
A far cry from central Scotland, where the temperature was about 4°C Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA
Meerkats enjoy Christmas: Christmas at Blair Drummond Safari Park
Gary Gilmour, manager of Blair Drummond safari park, reckoned the nine meerkats enjoyed their brush with Christmas Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA
Meerkats enjoy Christmas: Christmas at Blair Drummond Safari Park
Gilmour said: “The keepers thought it would be a good idea to give them a festive treat. The meerkats were very excited when they put the tree in with the baubles on it. They loved it and it kept them amused the whole afternoon.” Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA
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