Meet & Greet availableSuricata suricatta
Meerkats
Smaller, faster, and immune to scorpion venom. Hunt with a 50% success rate, better than lions.
About the species
Meerkats live around eight years in the wild and 12 to 14 in captivity, with the maximum recorded being around 20.
They are immune to scorpion venom, can identify which prey are dangerous, and have a hunting success rate of about 50 per cent. By comparison, lions sit at around 30 per cent (St Andrews University).
Worth knowing
8 yrs
Wild lifespan
12–14
Captive lifespan
50%
Hunt success
30%
Lion hunt success
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Day to day
Named residents
- Timone
Diet at WAMS
- insects
- bugs
- day-old chick
Meet & Greet
Meet & Greet experiences are booked by phone, not online.
On the Meet & Greet experience you go inside the enclosure with the head keeper and feed bugs and a day-old chick. Thirty minutes, age 10 and over.