Pretty!
Posted on 06/24/2005 1:50:53 PM PDT by Cecily
WASHINGTON - Washington's National Zoo proudly showed off its new, rare litter of endangered cheetah cubs on Friday, only the second in the zoo's 116-year history.
The 10-week-old cubs -- three females and two males -- bounded playfully around their 4-year-old mother, Zazi, and frolicked in grass of an outdoor enclosure as a bank of news cameras captured the public debut.
The young felines weigh only 9 pounds (4 kg), about the size of a house cat, and are still being nursed by their mother although they have begun to eat some meat.
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Pretty!
I love their markings.
too cute ping
Me too.
Here kitty kitty kitty kitty....
They're cute allright but I still wouldn't want to meet them on a dark night.
The two in the back with the wide open mouths would make good Viking Kitties!
I've had the pleasure of meeting Cheetahs in the plains of Tanzania. They could not care less about humans. Even when we were just a few feet away. So you could meet them in a dark night.
Now Lions or Leopards, different story.
They're cruel at the Houston Zoo: the Cheetahs are just across from the Giraffes! They just pace all day long...
LOL!!
We have a baby Cheetah at the San Diego zoo too this summer.
Maybe not too cruel - Cheetah's don't bother with Giraffes. They go for small antelopes since they can't even get the large antelopes and "wildebeast".
Are you in Houston? I'm moving there soon.
Born, Bred, Still Here!
I want one.
Did my fellowship at Baylor.
Love the food. Better than NY.
Cool...
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