{"id":672148,"date":"2026-07-03T19:02:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T19:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/672148\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T19:02:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T19:02:16","slug":"snow-leopard-cub-twins-take-first-steps-outside-den-at-highland-wildlife-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/672148\/","title":{"rendered":"Snow leopard cub twins take first steps outside den at Highland Wildlife Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Snow leopard cub twins have taken their first steps outside at the Highland Wildlife Park.<\/p>\n<p>The cubs, now several weeks old, joined first-time mum Pari to explore their surroundings.<\/p>\n<p>The pair are venturing further from the safety of the den as they continue to grow, play and develop under their mum\u2019s watchful eye.<\/p>\n<p>Visitors to the park could be lucky enough to spot the endangered big cats at their most fluffy stage.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/28592db598fae670771735be6797fa5e-1783067703.jpg\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\"   alt=\"First-time mum Pari kept a watchful eye\"\/>RZSSFirst-time mum Pari kept a watchful eye RZSS<\/p>\n<p>Keepers at the wildlife conservation charity will name the cubs when they have their first health check in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>Snow leopard cubs are born blind\u00a0with pale blue eyes due to a lack of melanin at birth.<\/p>\n<p>At two to three months old, pigment production increases, causing the eyes to slowly transition to a pale green, grey, or yellow colour.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dd375aa913af8fc8b986fb782a4dbf38-1783067696.jpg\" width=\"1365\" height=\"2048\"   alt=\"The cubs are at their most fluffy stage\"\/>RZSSThe cubs are at their most fluffy stage RZSSSTV News is now on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCESJzKgsNvKKNOYO2r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">      Follow STV News <\/a>Follow STV News on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/whatsapp-qr.png\" alt=\"WhatsApp channel QR Code\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Snow leopard cub twins have taken their first steps outside at the Highland Wildlife Park. The cubs, now&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":672149,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-672148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=672148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/672149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=672148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=672148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=672148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}