Meerkat stands on hind legs at Dusit Zoo in Bangkok

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Meerkat stands on hind legs at Dusit Zoo in Bangkok

Postby cyrus » Fri Apr 03, 2009 4:32 pm

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Meerkat stands on hind legs at Dusit Zoo in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, March 31. 2009.
(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

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