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TexasTowelie

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Wed May 20, 2015, 06:51 AM May 2015

Another squee alert! Endangered clouded leopard cubs in Tacoma receive round-the-clock care



TACOMA, Wash. —

Four Clouded leopard cubs are healthy, growing, and adorable at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium. Their eyes are still closed, and the practiced hands of caring zookeepers guide their eager mouths to the bottles.

Click here to see photos.

The smallest of the cubs weighs just 11.11 ounces and the largest is12.41, which is about the same weight as a box of corn flakes. Two of them will fit in the palms of a zookeeper's hands.

Staff biologist Andy Goldfarb, who has worked with exotic cats for three decades, is pleased with their progress.

"They are eating and gaining weight," he said. "All four are active and moving around well."

Read more: http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/endangered-clouded-leopard-cubs-tacoma-receive-rou/nmKFD/
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Another squee alert! Endangered clouded leopard cubs in Tacoma receive round-the-clock care (Original Post) TexasTowelie May 2015 OP
Gratuitous kick! TexasTowelie May 2015 #1
Aww, would you just squeeeeeeee shenmue May 2015 #2
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