Playful Mountain Lion Kittens Show Their Roaring Potential to Scientists in California

Biologists entered the den of two newborn mountain lions in the Santa Monica Mountains and were met with adorable purrs and growls instead of roars. The footage, shared by the Santa Monica Mountains National Park Service, shows the cubs attempting to intimidate the scientists. The video has gained popularity on social media and has been re-shared by The US Department of the Interior. The biologists assessed the cubs' health and tagged their ears with uniquely numbered tags while their mother was away hunting. The practice of studying mountain lions in the area has been ongoing since 2002 to understand their survival in an urbanized environment.