Purrfect friendship: Unlikely playmates Suria the meerkat and Nice the cat share cuddles in adorable footage

• Meerkat Suria, six, and cat Nice, eight, love each other to the point of jealousy
• Owner Ekaterina Kuraeva, 45, from Russia, says the pair ‘bonded straight away’ 
• Adorable footage shows the animals cuddling, scratching and licking each other

A meerkat and a cat who are best friends were filmed sharing cuddles in a heartwarming series of videos.

Meerkat Suria, six, and cat Nice, eight, are two inseparable companions from Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Adorable clips show Suria affectionately chewing on Nice’s ear and wrapping its arms around the cat in an embrace. 

Meerkat Suria, six, draped over the top of cat Nice, eight. The pair became best friends after Suria moved in and spend 24 hours a day together in Saint Petersburg, Russia

A series of heartwarming clips show the companions stood next to each other (left) and cuddling one another while lying on the floor (right)

The pair are then filmed lying on the floor next to each other with Nice licking Suria’s face. 

Footage even captures Suria appearing to become jealous as the pair’s owner Ekaterina Kuraeva, 45, stroke Nice’s head, with the meerkat grabbing hold of the cat and attempting to shoo their hand away.

The companions continue grooming and cuddling each other in the series of clips, before the video ends with Suria and Nice cuddling while looking towards the camera.

Ms Kuraeva says the two animals spend 24 hours a day together and love each other to the point of jealousy.

Ms Kuraeva has filmed Suria and Nice cuddling up, scratching and embracing each other in some adorable videos. 

She said: ‘When we got Suria, Nice was already living with us, they bonded straight away. 

The companions lying next to each other, with Suria extending a paw towards Nice. The pair’s owner, Ekaterina Kuraeva, 45, says they ‘bonded straight away’

The two animals love each other to the point of jealousy, with Suria becoming ‘nervous’ if their owner cuddles Nice. The companions filmed grooming and licking each other (right) 

‘Now they spend the whole day together, every day.

‘They do everything together, eating, sleeping and playing.

‘Suria is definitely the most affectionate one, but Nice loves the meerkat too, he loves playing with him and licking him up.

‘Suria is very jealous when I spend time with the cat, when I take him in my arms, he gets nervous and starts jumping trying to get him back.’

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