Photo of the Day #96: Snow Leopard Cubs

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One of the snow leopard (Panthera uncia) cubs from the Bronx zoo hops over her sister. I haven't been back to the zoo since May of this past year so I have no idea if they are still there, but they are assuredly much bigger now than when I took this photograph.

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