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Hey Mum! What Are Those Flying Things?
********* Thanks to all for your kind comments and invites! **************
Our beautiful 4 month old snow leopard cubs are actively exploring their world, and everything and anything is a fascination.
And its a joy to watch them!
It was a bird that caught this one's attention this time.
The female cub is called Tashi and the male cub is called Gobi.
Tashi is the Tibetan word for lucky, while Gobi is the name of a large national park in southern Mongolia where the snow leopards are found in the wild.
Tashi and Gobi are the first snow leopards born at RMZ in 20 years, so they are extremely loved and cherished, and will be a source of delight for RMZ staff and visitors for years to come.
The cubs are utterly adorable and gorgeous.
Their mother Meo is a very relaxed mother, and is doing well.
The cubs were born Dec 7 2008 to first-time Mum Meo and Father Leon.
Meo is 6yo, and came to RMZ in June 2003 from her birthplace at Stuttgart Zoo, Germany, and Leon was born at Taronga Zoo in October 2001 and came to RMZ in October 2007.
Royal Melbourne Zoo, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Hey Mum! What Are Those Flying Things?
********* Thanks to all for your kind comments and invites! **************
Our beautiful 4 month old snow leopard cubs are actively exploring their world, and everything and anything is a fascination.
And its a joy to watch them!
It was a bird that caught this one's attention this time.
The female cub is called Tashi and the male cub is called Gobi.
Tashi is the Tibetan word for lucky, while Gobi is the name of a large national park in southern Mongolia where the snow leopards are found in the wild.
Tashi and Gobi are the first snow leopards born at RMZ in 20 years, so they are extremely loved and cherished, and will be a source of delight for RMZ staff and visitors for years to come.
The cubs are utterly adorable and gorgeous.
Their mother Meo is a very relaxed mother, and is doing well.
The cubs were born Dec 7 2008 to first-time Mum Meo and Father Leon.
Meo is 6yo, and came to RMZ in June 2003 from her birthplace at Stuttgart Zoo, Germany, and Leon was born at Taronga Zoo in October 2001 and came to RMZ in October 2007.
Royal Melbourne Zoo, Parkville, Victoria, Australia