Guest Videos: Big Cat Cubs


“RAOWR!” (“ditto!”)

Spring is sprung, here in the Northern Hemisphere, and it’s a good time to check out young wild cats.

They don’t get much younger than this — the photographer was very lucky!


https://youtu.be/vbKjURSpNiU&rel=0


As I understand it, lionesses hide their newborns for a while and then bring the older cubs back to the pride.

This is a different group from the one above:


https://youtu.be/wRRn1Qj9eyg&rel=0


Lion reproduction/life cycle


Meanwhile, somewhere in the wilds of Mongolia…


https://youtu.be/aEnIFdMDyR4&rel=0


Secret love lives


…and up a tree in the Maasai Mara:


https://youtu.be/I0uIsgHCUDI&rel=0


Leopards are promiscuous… (scroll down)


Got coffee? You’re going to need it!


https://youtu.be/7Fe1fsZ2Wd8&rel=0


Clouded leopards form a bond.



Patience is a mother tiger:


https://youtu.be/cNx0E-SXTAY&rel=0


Student page on Bengal tiger reproduction.


And here is a look inside a jaguar’s den:


https://youtu.be/Uj8v7M6zpsQ&rel=0


A jaguar factsheet.



Featured image: slowmotiongli/Shutterstock



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