‘Mystic Meerkats’ tipping Lionesses for quarter final win with adorable prediction method
The meerkats think the Lionesses are going to take it!
Last updated 11th Aug 2023
The now dubbed ‘Mystic Meerkats’ at Drusillas Park, Sussex, have predicted the Lionesses are going to win their quarter final game this weekend.
It comes after they correctly predicted the result of this week’s Round of 16 England World Cup game against Nigeria.
The keepers asked them to employ their ‘psychic’ powers once again for the quarter final game against Colombia.
The special method used involves two buckets of tasty treats - each with a team's flag on.
The buckets are placed down before the meerkats are released and left to choose which bucket they would prefer to eat from. The bucket surrounded by the most meerkats is declared the predicted winner.
The ‘Mystic Meerkats’ have been predicting football results since 2021, and last year the mob correctly predicted the Lionesses’ results all the way to the Euro 2022 finals when the ladies brought it home – and they are hoping their tradition will bring England luck once again.
Zoo Section leader Claudia Farley said: “Whether you are superstitious or not, the meerkats have a pretty impressive track record with their predictions so maybe they know something we don’t! It’s now become a tradition here at the zoo and this year even our new baby, Reggie who is only a couple of months old, was in on the action too. We’re big football fans here and are so proud of our Lionesses, so it would be amazing for England to win as the meerkats have predicted."
Claudia continued: “Sometimes they take a while to settle on a decision, but today they almost immediately focused on the England bucket, with only a couple of sniffs for Colombia - they even knocked the England bucket over, so we’re going to take that to mean a very confident decision!”