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Back on April 7th, four Asiatic Lion cubs were born at the Emmen Zoo in Holland.

The little guys are so crazy cute it hurts!

They were born to proud parents Zulu, the papa, and Tia, the mama.

The night house den, a behind the scenes enclosure, was cleared of all other lions, so Tia and her babies could bond during the critical first few weeks of life.

With a live webcam back there, the keepers have been able to monitor the cubs as they nurse, bond and grow bigger and bigger each day.

Tia is apparently an excellent mother.

So glad that all the little cubs are happy and healthy!

The world can always use a few more lions.

[Image via Emmen Zoo.]

Tags: adorbz, babies, baby, bonding, cubs, cute, lion, lion cubs, lioness, nursing, zoo

You zany lioness!

A girl was enjoying a nice fun day at the zoo when a lion decides to play a trick on her…

BY EATING PHOTOBOMBING HER!!! :P

See, the animal kingdom can have tricksters of their own too!

So CUTEz!!!!

Tags: cute cute, france, girl, lion, lioness, photobomb, zoo

That is one brave zoo keeper!

After slowly introducing himself to the lioness he was able to hang out with her in her enclosure.

Then, amazingly, she trusted him enough to let him handle her newborn cubs!!

That's crazy!

They are so stinkin' cute it almost hurts.

Tags: babies, cubs, cute, lion, lioness

At a zoo just 75 miles outside of Johannesburg, a zoo worker was killed by a lioness.

Joe Ramonetha, 63, was either feeding the 11-year-old lioness or cleaning her cage when she attacked him.

The lioness jumped up and bit him in the throat!

Co-workers heard his screams but he was dead by the time he got to the hospital.

Investigators said:

"It was evident that a terrible accident had occurred — gates were left open — the incident thus occurred due to human error."

A zoo manager said:

"The staff are trained to close all gates on entering the facility, to let the lions out into the outside camp area, secure the entrances to the night rooms and passage before any work commenced.

Joe was attacked in the staff passage and sustained a fatal bite wound to his throat."

Joe has left behind his wife and four adult children.

The zoo's managers are meeting now to decide what will happen to the lioness.

This is so sad.

Our hearts and thoughts go out to his family and friends.

Tags: accident, africa, attack, bite, dead, family, killed, lion, lioness, sad, terrible, zoo