The Miami Zoo Shared Photos Of Their New Baby Meerkats and It Is Cuteness Overload

OMG!! I have always considered Meerkats to be super cute, but I never realized how adorable they are as pups!!

‘Yam Yam’ the female Meerkat has called the Miami Zoo her home since February of 2012 and was all by her lonesome for 6 years.

Until June of 2018; when she was pleasantly surprised by three unrelated brothers joining her exhibit!

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The males’ names are ‘Gizmo’, ‘Joe’, and ‘Diego’ are 6 years old. They were transferred from the Brevard Zoo and the four have been best buds ever since!

On January 18th, 2020 the gang got a bit bigger when ‘Yam Yam’ gave birth to two pups in her cozy little den! Now, these little cuties get to call The Miami Zoo their home as well!

So… we aren’t exactly super who the baby daddy is, and only a DNA test would tell for sure. But thankfully ‘Gizmo’, ‘Joe’, and “Diego’ have all decided to pitch in and help ‘Yam Yam’ raise these curious pups!

As you can see in the photo above, ‘Yam Yam’ is a great mama!

She is the first to successfully birth and raise Meerkat pups at the Miami Zoo! She is such an awesome mama that the zoo has taken a hands-off approach and allowed her and her brothers to raise the pups without human intervention.

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The pups opened their eyes at the beginning of February and have just recently celebrated their first month of being in this world!

The Miami Zoo even has a live stream webcam which you can click HERE to see and you may even get a surprise glimpse of a Fennec Fox!

Our sweet baby meerkats celebrated their one month birthday today! 🎉

Come visit the meerkat exhibit within Critter Connection to see our newest Zoo Miami family additions.

Photo credit: Charlene Zatroch pic.twitter.com/aWP441RE4h

— Zoo Miami (@zoomiami) February 18, 2020