Rare snow leopards born at Akron Zoo: Cuteness Alert

[OhioChick]

Posted: 12:16 PM, May 28, 2014





AKRON, Ohio - Two rare snow leopard cubs were born at the Akron Zoo last month, the zoo announced Wednesday.

The cubs, a male and a female, make the second time their parents Shanti and Roscoe have had a successful litter. The two males born to the couple in 2012 live at zoos in Michigan and Rhode Island.

The new cubs and their mother Shanti will remain indoors until late June or July, when they will be healthy enough to go back into their exhibit.

The Akron Zoo staff was one of the first in the country to use training, instead of anesthesia, to perform ultrasounds and monitor the cubs' development while they were in Shanti's womb.

More: http://www.newsnet5.com/news/local-news/akron-canton-news/rare-snow-leaopards-born-at-akron-zoo-photos

[shenmue]

1. Squee! :)

[hlthe2b]

2. baby cuties make the day!

[dipsydoodle]

3. Cuteness indeed

[joeybee12]

4. OMG! Must have insulin now!!!!

[onehandle]

5. They're cute, until they are ripping you to shreds.

What am I saying? They're cute even when they are ripping you to shreds.

[Skittles]

6. AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

[ismnotwasm]

7. Oh

So cute. Funny how so many babies are cute like that

[LisaLynne]

15. It's the trap that keeps all species going.

[abakan]

17. Babies are cute....

So you bond with them, before things get ugly!

[surrealAmerican]

8. There's no leopards like snow leopards.

so, so cute

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. There's no leopards I know...

Everything about them is appealing

Everything their little fangs can chew

Nowhere could you have that happy feeling

When they aren't eating every bit of you...

[surrealAmerican]

14. DUzy!

well done

[Aerows]

9. OMG they are so CUTE

[navarth]

10. the cuteness alert...

still didn't prepare me.

what jaw-dropping cuteness.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

16. me either ....

I still went SQUEEEEEEEEEEE

[mikeysnot]

12. I have had the had the honor of actually

touching these fine animals. Her tail was soo fluffy and dense.

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[snooper2]

13. Yeah, they are cute now, wait till they will want to eat the flesh off your neck

[City Lights]

18. I love snow leopards!

They are adorable!

[Flaxbee]

19. Check out the Snow Leopard Trust

They do very good work for snow leopards in the wild; you can donate, or send free e-cards, or just follow their work:

http://www.snowleopard.org/about

[BrotherIvan]

20. The tongues!

The paws! The spots!