The three little cubs may look cute now, but they will grow to be the largest known species of big cat in the world – the liger.
The three rare ligers, which can grow up to 3.5 metres in length, have been keeping their tiger mother Zita and lion father Sam on their toes at the Novosibirsk Zoo in southern Russia.
Big eaters: The cubs are currently on a diet of their mother's milk but will eat up to 100lbs of meat in one sitting when they are older
'Visitors coming to the zoo have been desperate to get a glimpse of the newborns as they are so rare.
'People always comment on how it's hard to believe they grow to be so big as they are so cute and tiny at there moment.'
The animals have faint tiger stripes on a lionesque tawny background.
Male ligers can grow to up to 3.5 metres in length.
The first known liger dates back to 19th century India.
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