Real copycats! Rare Siberian Tiger twins play with their mom Talya days after she gave birth to them at Toledo Zoo

An Ohio zoo is celebrating after twin tiger cubs weighing 15 and 16 pounds respectively were born in July.

‘Hold on to your stripes!!! We have some extremely exciting news,” Toledo Zoo said in a Facebook post. The zoo said they will hold a gender reveal and naming contest that will be open to the public.

The cubs and their mother, Talya, are currently doing well. In the adorable video announcing their couple’s arrival, they play together and with their mother.

“Talya and the playful cubs are doing well outside the exhibit,” the zoo also said. It is not clear when the public will be allowed to meet the two.

The tigers are rare Siberian tigers, also called Amur tigers. They are the world’s largest big cats. A fully grown male can reach 3 meters in length and weigh 660 kilos.

“(Siberian tigers) have a unique set of stripes that provide crucial camouflage,” the zoo says on its website.

The typical species devour elk and boar in the wild, but their food sources have become rare. “Other threats to the species include poaching for the illegal wildlife trade and habitat loss,” Toledo Zoo said on its website.

The cubs and their mother, Talya, are currently doing well

According to the WildCats Conservation Alliance, there are somewhere between 265 and 486 Siberian tigers in the wild, located in eastern Russia. It’s possible there are some in China and even North Korea.

Talya was born in 2011, Titan, the father of the twins, Titan, was brought to Ohio in 2019. He was purposefully moved from Nebraska so he could mate with Talya.

A week before the birth of the twins was announced, a calf of 165 giraffes was born at the zoo.

In November, the Toledo Zoo welcomed twin polar bear twins. A naming competition for the two resulted in them being called Kallik and Kallu.

The zoo’s next major birth will be the third calf of Renee, an African elephant, due in 2024.