"Hi, my name is Sury; I am your ASSOS mascot. I protect you, bring you good luck and make you go further and faster."

Sury is a meerkat belonging to the mongoose animal species. Their behavior, social structure and body power are similar to cyclists'.

Meerkats live mainly in the Kalahari Desert (Africa). They live socially structured in family gangs. Each of them has a precise duty (like in a cycling team). When hunting, they move in groups (like cyclists), they protect each other (like team mates) and support an alpha-leader (like a cycling squad captain). They are peaceful, intelligent and graceful (like cyclists) but if a threat comes along, they organize themselves and follow a well-thought plan of attack; they surround the enemy and attack the intruder from multiple angles. There is hardly an animal who can survive a Sury attack.

They are a bit particular with their food; low fat, high-carbo & protein are what they enjoy to remain in shape and perform high-power outputs. As an appetizer they prefer high-protein delicatessen such as scorpions. The Sury is one of the very few species that is indifferent to scorpion poison; he actually likes it as it spices up his diet.

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Support & Protect
ASSOS is a proud supporter of the Basle Zoo meerkats (called "Erdmännchen" in German). This worldwide famous Basle institution is the oldest zoo in Switzerland (1874). The Basle Zoo enjoys an international reputation for its commitment towards animal conservation and for the efforts it deploys to promote the delicate relationship between nature and humanity.