The Nashville Zoo at Grassmere had a baby-booming year — twin cotton-top tamarins were born in April, a Chilean flamingo hatched in August, with more following soon after — but the two clouded leopard cubs born in March, to mother Niran and father Ron, deserve special recognition. Two years ago, Niran was the first clouded leopard ever born from artificial insemination through cryopreservation (a process that uses frozen semen). The fact that Niran was able to give birth to two healthy cubs, without complications, is a historical achievement in the ongoing fight to conserve the vulnerable species. And, duh, these babies are ADORABLE. MEGAN SELING
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Clouded Leopards at Nashville Zoo
Photo: Dr. Margarita Woc Colburn
