Your morning adorable: White lion cub sports a milk moustache at Serbia's Belgrade Zoo
Got milk? Two white lion cubs were born in Belgrade Zoo in Serbia on Sept. 18. In this photo, one of the newborns is fed from a baby’s bottle by a zookeeper when it is only 12 days old.
These South African natives are extremely rare because of a mutation in their genes that gives them coloration varying from blond to near white -- some "white" lions can also be red. According to the Global White Lion Protection Trust, this disadvantageous gene makes white lions particularly conspicuous to hunters and prey in the wild.
These newborns are not to be confused with two other adorable white lion cubs born at Belgrade Zoo in December 2008. The zoo now has five white lions. More photos of the cubs after the jump!
-- Kelsey Ramos
Photos: Srdjan Ilic / Associated Press
too cute for words. i'm in the wrong line of work. tending to those lil critters wouldn't be work but fun!
Posted by: asa | October 08, 2009 at 11:18 AM
wow thats so cute was it hard to take care of two white lion cubs?
thats really amazing i hope when i grow up i can help animals to !!!!!
Posted by: de de | October 08, 2009 at 02:58 PM
So cute *.*
Posted by: LuisAndre | October 09, 2009 at 07:26 AM