I was so pleased to learn that two of the baby snow leopards born on May 2nd at the Woodland Park Zoo were now on public display. Two girls and a boy were all born with congenital defects and the male's were severe so sadly, he didn't make it.

The girls looked good today, exploring and enjoying a bit of rough-and-tumble despite their eye and eyelid defects, known as multiple ocular coloboma. Each is blind in the right eye.

Picture-taking conditions were very challenging, including looking straight into brilliant sunshine and dark shadows through a thick, dirty glass window. The girls stayed far away, up on a hill.
  
     
   
     
Mom Helen and the girls, Shanti and Asha spent a lot of time on a rock behind some bushes, far away.
 
     
   
     
Finally, one of the girls decided to do a little exploring.
 
     
   
     
She finds a little sunny spot and waits for her sister.
 
     
   
     

How cute am I?
 

     
   
     

And along comes Sis.
 

     
   
     
Together they checked out a lot of nooks and crannies.
 
     
   
     
To tell which is which, the keepers look at the spot at the end of the tail.
This one has a black spot.
 
     
   
     
The other one's spot is white.
 
     
   
     
Awwwwww. Friends forever.
 
     
   
     
Ma! Ma! Are you asleep?
   
     
   
     
I think she's asleep. She's not answering.
 
     
   
     
Ma! Ma! We're hungry! When is dinnertime?
    
     
   
     
Oh phooey! Still no answer.
 
     
   
     
Well, if ya can't beat 'em, join 'em.