These photos and videos of baby clouded leopards and cheetahs are a gift

Lo, unto you, four cheetah cubs and two clouded leopard kittens have been born. Cat lovers on the internet can now coo over the rare infant cats, thanks to Washington, DC’s National Zoo “Cheetah Cub Cam” and recently released photos from Zoo Miami.

A five-year-old cheetah, Echo, gave birth to four cubs on April 8th, and it was all caught on webcam. Anyone at home can see the cubs in real time since the Smithsonian’s National Zoo is sharing the same live stream that its staff is watching to keep an eye on the newborns from a distance. They’re giving Echo space to bond with her cubs without being bothered by people.

“I’m eager to watch the newborn cubs in their early days,” Steve Monfort, the John and Adrienne Mars director at the...

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