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01-26-2020 12:21 PM - edited 01-26-2020 01:11 PM
Together fur ever! Meerkat becomes best friends with a cat after being adopted from Moscow Zoo - and the pair are now Instagram stars thanks to their adorable snaps
MailOnline
PUBLISHED: 04:20 EST, 26 January 2020 | UPDATED: 04:25 EST, 26 January 2020
A cat and a meerkat struck up an unlikely friendship - and became social media stars thanks to their adorable snaps.
Owner Ekaterina Kuraeva, 45, of St Petersburg, adopted Surya the meerkat from Moscow Zoo six years ago because she didn't feel it was getting the care it needed.
Originally from the deserts of Africa, Russia is certainly a different environment for Surya, but he made a comfortable home for himself with Ekaterina and her cat, Nice.
The animals immediately hit it off and have become firm friends in the years since. The pair have different personalities, with Nice being calm and Surya loving nothing more than playing with his furry friend.
The pair can be seen cuddling, playing and eating together on an Instagram account set up by Ekaterina, which has more than 39,400 followers.
'It is fortunate that they have become friends and are so affectionate to each other,' Ekaterina told BoredPanda.
Here, a few of their adorable snaps...
01-26-2020 12:34 PM
Those are the sweetest photos. Thanks for sharing.
01-26-2020 12:51 PM
Cute, but is it safe to keep a meerkat in the house, as a pet?
01-26-2020 01:08 PM
@ValuSkr : yes - they're very social animals and need to be part of a family.
Think this little one was orphaned or abandoned as a baby.
01-26-2020 01:39 PM
Adorable pictures🥰
01-26-2020 03:47 PM
01-26-2020 10:27 PM
Love it
01-26-2020 11:14 PM
I love kitties and this is just TOO cute!
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