Summary:
Meerkats are known for their slinky antics, but the animals can also be a little bit slinky.

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By . Sam Webb . PUBLISHED: . 18:50 EST, 14 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:29 EST, 14 December 2013 . The TV adverts would have you  believe that meerkats keep warm with a stylish combination of silk cravat and crushed-velvet dressing gown. But in real life, the mammals can go to acrobatic extremes to escape the  cold – especially when, like these three, they are facing winter in a British zoo rather than in their native Kalahari. The pictures show one of the intrepid creatures displaying the dexterity of a circus trapeze artist to scramble into position beneath a heat lamp. And once there, he makes himself at home, exposing his belly to its comforting rays. Brr! It's a bit cool for Kats. The wily creature looks at the heat lamp and an idea forms . I'm meerly looking for some heat: The meerkat clambers up onto the lamp's frame . Meerkats have a patch on their tummy which is only sparsely covered in hair, exposing the black skin beneath which acts like a solar panel, absorbing the heat after a cold desert night. Simples, as Compare the Market’s elegantly dressed mascot Alexsandr Orlov would surely say. This trio was captured in action by photographer Nick Povey on a trip to Paradise Wildlife Park at Broxbourne, Hertfordshire. Oof! It's not as simples as it looks . Compared with you meerkats, I'm baking. The creature enjoys the heat from his new perch .