Ohio zoo unveils cougar cubs Joseph and Tecumseh

CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Zoo has unveiled two new members of its nursery, 8-week-old cougars Joseph and Tecumseh.

The zoo said Thursday the cougars were born Sept. 19 and are now on display in its Children’s Zoo Nursery.

The cubs weigh about 8.5 pounds each and eat nearly half their weight in meat a day in four or five feedings. They will grow to about 140 to 200 pounds. They soon will join a zoo program to prepare for roles in a night hunters exhibit planned for May.

Cougars are considered the largest of the small cats. They also are called mountain lions, pumas or panthers.

In North America they’re found in the western half of the continent and in southern Florida.