Gato Gateau

July 30, 2011 By

Gato Gateau; l’inoubliable: un gateau au melange cremeux decore’ d’un a la mode vanille’. A’ ta santé!

One of four HAPPY 3-day old white lions cubs, an extremely rare subspecies of the African lion, BIRTHed in Belgrade Zoo, Serbia, one DAY in April 2011. Thank you Darko V., and Kathy K.

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  1. whiskers09092006 says:
    July 30, 2011 at 2:19 pm

    I would like to snorf the tiny lion bref. *snoooorrrrrrfffff*

  2. MudBug says:
    July 30, 2011 at 2:20 pm

    (snoozy) marshmallow fluff !!!!
    It’s KIMBA !!!!!

  3. kibblenibble says:
    July 30, 2011 at 2:22 pm

    Even lion cubs have ears at 9 and 3! I love the eenocent peenk nose and leeps.

  4. yarnyoga says:
    July 30, 2011 at 2:27 pm

    Sign me up in the event they need fostering!

  5. jen says:
    July 30, 2011 at 2:28 pm

    redonkule totale!

  6. SARASUNSHINE says:
    July 30, 2011 at 2:29 pm

    NOSE BOOOOOOOOOP! :D

  7. Suzeo says:
    July 30, 2011 at 2:31 pm

    Welcome to the world, beautiful creatures! I hope all four of you live long, happy lives and create lots more little sweet white lion cubs! :)

  8. Anonymous Coward says:
    July 30, 2011 at 2:32 pm

    minor & annoying corrections (assuming the accents i typed make it through… and if i understand what you are trying to say):

    Gato Gâteau; l’inoubliable: un gâteau au mélange crémeux vanillé, décoré à la mode. À ta santé!

    voilà!

    • Emmberrann says:
      July 30, 2011 at 2:34 pm

      Exactement!

    • Gigi says:
      July 30, 2011 at 4:16 pm

      Bravo! Aucune faute d’orthographe, :-)
      But I think Pyryt meant “a la mode” as in the English expression, “served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream” and that expression simply does not translate into French.

    • Miyu says:
      July 30, 2011 at 8:28 pm

      Merci! Je voulais traduire cette phrase aussi mais je n’y comprenais absolument rien! XD

      It is indeed a dilishis vanilla cub morsel. May I have a second serving?

    • Also anonymous says:
      July 30, 2011 at 9:31 pm

      Ha, as if we don’t know who you are..

  9. Queen of Dork says:
    July 30, 2011 at 2:38 pm

    Oh my heavens! Oh! *smooch. Smooooooch on the wips. BEEEP! on the nose. Rub, rub on the top of the soft, floof head. Reads “Good Night Moon” and “I Will Chase You At Night, Dang Things” to kitten.*

  10. mmaster says:
    July 30, 2011 at 2:48 pm

    So, who’s the secret message for? ;)

  11. Lerrinus says:
    July 30, 2011 at 4:07 pm

    Awww, wuv ‘em! :lol:

  12. Alice Shortcake says:
    July 30, 2011 at 4:25 pm

    Belgrade, you say?

    *goes in search of passport and lion cub kidnapping gear*

  13. Gigi says:
    July 30, 2011 at 5:59 pm

    Squeee! It’s a real life Leo!!

    Leo the white lion was a cartoon on TV in Québec

    http://www.manga-news.com/public/images/series/leo_bunko.jpg

    • MudBug says:
      July 30, 2011 at 8:48 pm

      What a trip ! in the U.S. it’s Kimba & in Canada it’s Leo. Same cartoon !
      There were episodes of Kimba that showed his mom & dad but they weren’t in the story other than flashbacks.

      • bob drummond says:
        July 31, 2011 at 4:54 am

        Kimba and Leo were both shown in the U.S. but about 20 years apart and they were not the same character.Trust me on this one !!

  14. Gayle says:
    July 30, 2011 at 6:23 pm

    Isn’t it Meg’s birthday today? Happy Birthday Meg?

  15. ash says:
    July 30, 2011 at 6:59 pm

    OMG bebeh cub. WANT.

  16. ^oo^ says:
    July 30, 2011 at 7:32 pm

    My temperature’s climbing, and I’ve got the shakes… must be White Lion Fever…

  17. Claire Hummel says:
    July 30, 2011 at 8:33 pm

    SO CUTE GAH! And, not to be another annoying nitpicker, but the white lion is a leucistic mutation- not a subspecies. :)

    -C

  18. MudBug says:
    July 30, 2011 at 8:50 pm

    Happy Birthday Meg ! Hope you get as much joy as you give !!!!!

    • dmaufer says:
      July 31, 2011 at 12:19 am

      I second that!!

      • Amy says:
        July 31, 2011 at 10:41 am

        I third that!!!

        But now I want to a white lion cub to add to my (imaginary) menagerie, which consists of hand-holding otters, a pool-moving bulldog, cats willing to wear silly hats, and a dog that can tuck himself in at night, to name but a few of the animals on my wish list.

  19. bellaitaliana says:
    July 30, 2011 at 9:09 pm

    So cute!!!! And the cock-eyed ears!!! Love!

  20. Mary (the first) says:
    July 30, 2011 at 9:33 pm

    Happy Birthday, Meg! :D

  21. ^oo^ says:
    July 30, 2011 at 11:07 pm

    Meg-amillion Happy Birthday Wishes!

    From the Moderation Lounge…

  22. Alexandra says:
    July 31, 2011 at 4:56 am

    I’m guessing that by saying “Une jeune” in the hovertext, it was meant to mean “Young one”? Literally it said “one young”, but… I think we’d say “Petit”? I’m not sure though but, yeah… “Félicitations, petit!” If other french speakers can help with other propositions ;-) .

    Tried to find some Ascii codes/characters that could help you. Didn’t find the one for “À” though that I assume you wanted to use for “À ta santé!”.
    Alt + 138 = è
    Alt + 130 = é
    Alt + 144 = É
    Alt + 136 = ê
    Alt + 133 = à
    Alt + 131 = â (for gâteau :-)

    Ooor…! If you have Firefox, you can get a french language add-on and switch to it when you type french words. It’ll be underlined if misspelled. That could help you :-) . I know I use that for english so… ^_^

    And Happy Birthday Meg! Long live Cute Overload! :-) ))
    Happy Belated/In advance Birthday for everyone working on the site as well! :-)

    • Fird Birfle says:
      July 31, 2011 at 8:52 am

      :)

      le francais et les accents

      • Alexandra says:
        August 1, 2011 at 5:26 am

        ha… la cédille… ;-D

        Alt + 135 = ç
        Alt + 128 = Ç
        And Alt + 143 (134) = Å (å) Which is not for french I think, but I put it there in case you’d want to dial a Stargate…

  23. Lerrinus says:
    July 31, 2011 at 6:12 am

    Happy Birthday Meg!!! :-D *HUG*

  24. Queen of Dork says:
    July 31, 2011 at 7:03 am

    His nose and lips are mauve. Mauve, Peeps! The beauty of this cat is amazing! I would so love to snuggle him. But I think if I tried to do that, his mom might feel compelled to detach my head from my neck area.

  25. SlaveToCat says:
    July 31, 2011 at 7:41 am

    Je dois avaler tout ce que la crème glacée avant que le reste d’entre vous. Grabs crème glacée et s’enfuit plus vite que la vitesse du son.

  26. SlaveToCat says:
    July 31, 2011 at 7:44 am

    lécher, lécher, lécher mmm mmm mmm très bonne

  27. Fird Birfle says:
    July 31, 2011 at 8:53 am

    Bonne anniversaire, a notre Meg [et bonjour a Goose] !!!

    • Alexandra says:
      August 1, 2011 at 5:21 am

      “Bon” because it is “Un” anniversaire, it’s masculine. We pronounce it “bonne” though, because it just sounds better I guess. ;-) Way to go for the french! Thanks!

  28. Dash says:
    July 31, 2011 at 8:06 pm

    I’m kind of hungry for something with vanilla buttercream . . . Unfortunately, I have nothing even remotely sweet in my fridge. So sad . . .

  29. Leopard lady says:
    August 1, 2011 at 1:44 pm

    Definitely cute, but definitely not its own sub species of African lion…a genetic anomaly for sure – like a white tiger is a Bengal with recessive genes that make them white.

    • Carstel says:
      August 2, 2011 at 7:43 pm

      Was hoping someone had pointed this out! I’m new to the blog and loving all of the pics, but there’s no need to misinform readers. It’s just a color, like how Labradors come in black or yellow or brown. Because it’s recessive, makes camouflage harder, and was prized with hunters, they’re very rarely seen outside of zoos.

      • Sakara says:
        August 3, 2011 at 10:25 am

        i had posted earlier on this point….but seems my post was deleted or not accepted.

        Its a mutation of the genes, not a sub species and something that shouldn’t be prized..sadly many less than good zoos inbreed what white lions they have causing many deformities and brain damage. Same problem with the white tiger too.

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