Edinburgh Zoo have a couple of rare binturong cubs and they recently took their first outside steps.

Here they are in all their cuteness.

These animals are a member of the civet family and usually live in South East Asia. They smell a bit like popcorn apparently which comes from a chemical compound in their urine.

They are sometimes known as bearcats and are vulnerable in the wild. Their population has dropped by about a third in the last two decades.

 

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