Keepers at a popular Scottish wildlife park have shared an adorable clip of the moment a trio of tiger cubs shared a new experience with their mother.
The endangered Amur Tiger cubs were born at Highland Wildlife Park near Kingussie in May and recently received their first health check and vaccinations from staff.
They've since been out exploring their enclosure and becoming star attractions in their own right.
Nishka, Layla and Aleksander were filmed by keeper Judith playing with sheep's wool with their mum Dominika.
Posting on their official Facebook page, the keepers wrote: "What do you get when you give three adorable Amur tiger cubs and their mum some fresh sheep's wool to play with?"
The trio had previously been spending most of their time in the cubbing den with mum Dominika, with dad Botzman set to be gradually introduced to them as they grow older.
As well as being part of the endangered species breeding programme for Amur tigers, with Dominika giving birth to a previous litter in 2013, the charity has supported tiger conservation in Nepal by developing methods to evaluate tiger diets within the RZSS WildGenes laboratory based at Edinburgh Zoo.
It's been a hugely successful process for the park, with new arrival Botzman, who only came to the park near Aviemore in October, quickly becoming smitten with resident female Dominika after the pair were introduced in February this year.
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