Too cute, and I ain't lion

As noted earlier, Carrie's doing the family catblogging this week, but this morning, as I was reading the news, I stumbled across this incredible Reuters photo-series:

Veterinarian Houses Exotic Animals (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Tatyana Efremova, a veterinarian in Kharkov, is raising three little lion cubs in her house. There are some lovely shots of Tatyana, her mother and friends with the lions, who are lounging around the house in various attitudes of repose.

I particularly like this shot:

Photo credit: REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
(click the picture to go to the entire photoset)

As I've said many times before: you know a cat really likes you if he's chewing your ears.

Visit the Friday Ark at The Modulator to check out more bloggers' pets from around the world - and be sure to visit Kimberly's furry family at Music and Cats this Sunday for the Carnival of the Cats.