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Meerkats dig the 'simples' life

The falling autumn leaves have created a fun game of hide and seek for a group of meerkats.

A meerkat plays in the autumn leaves at Blair Drummond Safari Park

Keepers at Blair Drummond Safari Park near Stirling have filled the animals' enclosure with the colourful leaves to let them play and dig.

Hidden in the leaves are meerkats' favourite treat - mealworms.

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