Watch these rare snow leopard cubs make their debut

Watch these rare snow leopard cubs make their debut
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Two adorable new additions to the Bronx Zoo were introduced to the world on Tuesday.

The rare male snow leopard cubs were born May 6, and are now on exhibit with their mother in the Himalayan Highlands area of the zoo. Their birth was something to celebrate, as snow leopards are sadly among the most endangered big cats in the world; just 7,500 are estimated to live in the wild, mainly in the mountains of Central Asia and parts of India, Russia, China, and Mongolia.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.