Mama Cuddling With Her Leopard Cubs Is Brightening Everyone’s Day
Get ready for the cuteness! @MalaMala Game Reserve shared a video in August 2023 of a mama getting cuddles from her little leopard cubs and it's absolutely adorable!
MalaMala is located in South Africa, and it's one of the largest private reserves there. Their TikTok feed is incredible! In this video, mama's trying to take a rest and one of her cubs comes up and starts climbing all over her, trying to get some attention. Mama quickly hugs the baby, when another comes up from behind her to join in. It's 58 seconds of cuteness overload!
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Now I want cuddles like that! I could watch them all day. The leopard cubs are so cute, and mama is just gorgeous. It looks like she's letting them practice moving in for the kill on her neck. Maybe they're getting ready to start hunting?
There were hundreds of comments, many of them just saying how adorable the babies are. One commenter said simply, "Training", and that seems to be what they're doing. @kvs67lion isn't wrong when he says, "Beautiful family"! And I'm with @Benjamin von Seeger who added, "I am totally in love!"
@MalaMala doesn't mention how old the cubs are, but on average, the littles usually stay with their mom for the first two years of their lives. She teaches them how to take care of themselves, and shows the growing leopards all they need to know, like how to hunt, forage, explore their territory, and survive in the wild. There's another video on MalaMala's page of a mom playing with her cubs; no idea if they're the same family, but it seems like they are, and that video is just as cute!
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