一只猫和一只猫鼬的组合征服了互联网

一只猫和一只猫鼬的组合征服了互联网

Meerkats (Suricata Suricatta) are naturally wild animals mostly living in the Kalahari or Namibian desert and other regions of Africa. It seems that the last place you’d expect them is somewhere up north where there’s winter and it’s cold, like Russia. This is why this meerkat called Surya is so special as she’s living in the loving home of Ekaterina Kuraeva in St. Petersburg. Surya was adopted from the Moscow zoo and Ekaterina didn’t want the lovely thing to end up as an “office toy”.

猫鼬是自然野生动物，主要生活在卡拉哈里沙漠或纳米比亚沙漠和非洲其他地区。你最不可能想到的地方是北部的某个地方，那里冬天很冷，就像俄罗斯。这就是为什么这个叫Surya的猫鼬如此特别，因为她住在圣彼得堡叶卡捷琳娜·库拉耶娃充满爱的家里。苏莉亚是在莫斯科动物园被收养的，叶卡捷琳娜不希望这个可爱的小东西最后成为“办公室玩具”。

One could think that there’s not much to do and that it’s pretty boring for a social animal like meerkat who usually live in clans, mobs, and gangs. But Surya is not alone. She has a chunky Chartreux cat named Nice to keep him company. It’s an ironic coincidence that even though they’re not genetically related to cats, they look so feline-like, that they were called meerkat, or mierkat, which in Dutch and Afrikaans respectively mean “lake cat” and “termite cat.”

人们可能会认为这没什么可做的，而且对于猫鼬这样的群居动物来说，这很无聊，因为它们通常生活在部落、暴民和帮派中。但是Surya并不是一个人。她有一只名叫尼斯的矮胖的查特鲁猫陪伴着他。这是一个具有讽刺意味的巧合，尽管它们与猫没有遗传关系，但它们看起来很像猫，所以它们被称为meerkat，或mierkat，在荷兰语和阿非利卡语中的意思分别是“湖猫”和“白蚁猫”。

This unlikely yet very lively duo became BFFs 6 years ago when Nice was already 2-years-old at the time and Surya was only a little babe. They clicked from the get-go and they’re inseparable ever since, and their Instagram profile is a testament to this relationship. Surya has a needy and affectionate personality, up to a point that he gets jealous if Ekaterina is giving too much attention to the cat, then he jumps and claws to get Nice away. Nice is much calmer and discrete, yet he’s very happy to oblige when Surya needs some TLC. They spend their time together 24/7 as they cuddle, play, nap and hug each other all the time. As they do it, they make for, arguably, the most adorable photos and videos on the internet.

这对看似不太可能但非常活泼的组合在6年前成为了最好的朋友，当时尼斯已经2岁了，而苏莉亚还只是个小宝贝。他们从一开始就形影不离，他们在Instagram上的个人资料就是这种关系的明证。苏利亚有一种渴求和深情的性格，以至于如果叶卡捷琳娜太过关注这只猫，他就会嫉妒，然后他就会跳起来用爪子把猫赶走。Nice要冷静得多，但当Surya需要一些TLC时，他很乐意帮忙。他们一天24小时都在一起，拥抱、玩耍、打盹、拥抱。可以说，这些照片和视频是互联网上最可爱的照片和视频。

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Image credits: meerkat_suren