Two meerkat sisters are joining Zoo Atlanta.
Chica and Spot are the newest members of the zoo’s African Savanna animal population and come from the Fort Worth Zoo in Texas.
According to a Thursday Zoo Atlanta news release, the female slender-tailed meerkats will join males Kingsley, Littlefoot, Petrie and Spike to form a new group of meerkats, called a mob.
“We’re excited to introduce Chica and Spot to the African Savanna. This is already a very dynamic group where the animals are almost always busy, and our Members and guests enjoy observing the intricacies of meerkat behavior,” Jennifer Mickelberg, Ph.D., vice president of Collections and Conservation, said in a news release. “We also hope this will give our mob a chance to raise a new generation, which would be a wonderful experience for them and for us.”
They are the third and fourth new members of the African Savanna population this year. In October, Hamlet, a 1-year-old male warthog, arrived at his new habitat. A 9-year-old southern white rhinoceros named Mumbles arrived in May.
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