On December 29, Khali, one of the National Zoo's resident sloth bears, gave birth to three adorable cubs. Zoo caretakers rejoiced.Within minutes, though, excitement turned to disappointment. Khali consumed one of her cubs.
The caretakers left the other two cubs, seemingly healthy, with Khali, who'd successfully raised two other cubs in 2004. Over the next week, watching on closed-circuit cameras, they saw a relatively attentive mother and two seemingly healthy cubs.
Then, on January 6, Khali surprised Zoo staff by ingesting one of the remaining cubs.
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