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Confirmed!: Bronx Zoo Lion Cubs Are Adorable
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Jen Carlson
Published Jun 4, 2010
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And with this headline from the NY Times, it's official: "Bronx Zoo’s New Lion Cubs Are Impossibly Cute." Yes, there is an entire article dedicated to the fact, which is sort of cute in and of itself... except for when the writer—David Rooney—refers to the video of the cubs playing at the zoo as "kitty porn" (there's a state for you, sir, it's called New Jersey).
When Rooney gets to the zoo for his first visit with Nala, Adamma, & Shani, he recalls: "we made a beeline for the African Plains. There the cubs were—four months old and now the size of freakishly large house cats, with paws almost as big as their heads." They grow up so fast, don't they—will you be visiting before they're off to college? Because, you know, next thing you know...
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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