National Zoo Celebrates Birth of Rare Clouded Leopards


	National Zoo Celebrates Birth of Rare Clouded Leopards

ofcapri

3-26-2009 7:20 PM

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Notoriously difficult to breed, two new clouded leopards are born at the National Zoo’s research facility

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3-26-2009 10:04 PM

merrie

. . . great clip!

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																						<P>Caretakers feed the new baby clouded leopards at the Zoo's research facility in Virginia</p> </DIV>
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