Captured on camera

This stunning picture of three Fennec Fox kits looking at the camera shows how much the triplets have grown in just six weeks.

At birth the boy and two girls weighed just 46 grams and are now nearly 10 times that amount each at 350grams each.

The kits are being hand-reared by a team of dedicated keepers at Longleat who are feeding them milk six times a day alongside introducing solid food.

These kits are extra special as they are the only ones to have been born in UK Zoos and Safari Parks in the last 12 months. Sadly, only around 40 per cent survive to adulthood.

Keeper Samantha Peake said: “They are all doing really well and we have started the weaning process; so far cooked egg seems to be a favourite, but they are also eating vegetables and will soon move on to meat and insects

“They are starting to show lots of great natural fox behaviours, lots of digging, playing and pouncing on each other and practicing their hunting skills.”

The kits have not yet been named.