cub

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The tigers include 190kg Kiara, 20-year-old Aschanti, and two-year-old cub Imana.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Inside the enclosure built to welcome his parents, the 170-day-old cub, whose name means "brave and noble warrior", was playing with a panda stuffed toy and a bamboo teether.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

“Home” is a concept that Chase, a newly orphaned cheetah cub, struggles to make sense of.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

The juvenile sat there for more than an hour as troopers waited for wildlife officials to arrive, with local broadcasters capturing gripping footage of the cub in the middle of the roadway.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026

He liked playing tag with a bit of hare-skin, and when the cub pounced on him he rolled on the ground, making odd yip-and-yowls which the cub guessed was his way of laughing.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver