In Pictures: Never too early for Easter eggs at London Zoo

Asiatic lions, meerkats and ring-tailed lemurs tore into papier-mache eggs containing food treats.

By contributor PA

Published Apr 8

An endangered ring-tailed lemur inspects a handcrafted nest, woven together using dried grapevines, twine, and rope searching for an Easter treat, as the zookeepers at London Zoo deliver seasonal surprises to their animals ahead of the Easter holidays (Yui Mok/PA)

Keepers at London Zoo have delivered seasonal surprises to their animals ahead of the Easter holidays.

Asiatic lions, meerkats and ring-tailed lemurs were among the creatures enjoying tearing into papier-mache eggs containing food treats including mealworms.

An Asiatic lion plays with a papier-mache Easter egg, as the zookeepers at London Zoo deliver seasonal surprises to their animals ahead of the Easter holidays — An Asiatic lion plays with a papier-mache Easter egg at London Zoo (Yui Mok/PA)

Meerkats play with a papier-mache Easter egg filled with a handful of their favourite treat of mealworms — Meerkats delved into and filled with a handful of their favourite treat of mealworms (Yui Mok/PA)

An endangered ring-tailed lemur inspects an Easter treat (Yui Mok/PA)

Asiatic lions play with a papier-mache Easter egg, as the zookeepers at London Zoo deliver seasonal surprises to their animals ahead of the Easter holidays — Asiatic lions play with a papier-mache Easter egg (Yui Mok/PA)

Endangered ring-tailed lemurs inspect handcrafted nest, woven together using dried grapevines, twine, and rope searching for an Easter treat, as the zookeepers at London Zoo deliver seasonal surprises to their animals ahead of the Easter holidays — Ring-tailed lemurs search for an Easter treat at London Zoo (Yui Mok/PA)

An Asiatic lion tears into a papier-mache Easter egg (Yui Mok/PA)

Meerkats Frank, Penelope, and Dracula play with a papier-mache Easter egg, filled with a handful of their favourite treat of mealworms, as the zookeepers at London Zoo deliver seasonal surprises to their animals ahead of the Easter holidays — Meerkats Frank, Penelope, and Dracula play with a papier-mache Easter egg (Yui Mok/PA)