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Sure, they're fierce-looking, but they're so cuuuuuute! A set of rare Persian leopard triplets was presented Tuesday at the Budapest Zoo. The cubs - a male and two females - were born at the zoo on June 19 and were doing well, said zoo spokesman Zoltan Hanga. The Persian leopard - Panthera pardus saxicolor - is the largest of the leopard subspecies and is native to Western Asian countries like Iraq, Afghanistan and Armenia. It is endangered; fewer than 2,000 are thought to survive in the wild. A further 74 live in zoos. The cubs born in Hungary - sisters Bella and Bara and brother Bahar - are part of a breeding program of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria. Their parents - father Nadir and mother Cezi - arrived at the Budapest Zoo in mid-2003. Their first offspring, Asszir was born June 6, 2005, and is now at the Jerusalem Zoo. The three cubs will stay in Budapest for about a year, when they will be transferred to other zoos around the world. Human twins, triplets or ...