First video captures snow leopard mother with cubs

Sandrine Ceurstemont, editor, New Scientist TV

Snow leopards are hard to pin down due to their elusive nature and the treacherous environment they inhabit. But now scientists from Panthera and the Snow Leopard Trust have captured the first video of a mother with her cubs after locating a den in the Tost Mountains of Mongolia.

While the mother was hunting, the team weighed and measured the cubs and took photos. Two of the young leopards were then tagged with microchips for future identification.

Since the animals are hard to track down, the discovery should help reveal details about their habits to help with conservation. Scientists have yet to find out when and where snow leopards give birth, the typical size of a litter and how likely a cub is to survive into adulthood.

For more animal clips, watch an adult snow leopard caught on camera or see tiger cubs playing in the wild.

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