If you're suffering withdrawal symptoms from the National Zoo's " pandacams " — sadly deemed "nonessential" and therefore shut down, along with much of the rest of the government — we have the perfect antidote:

Above, we have some video from the Voice of America , showing the debut of a pair of rare white lion cubs born recently at a South Korea's Everland zoo. One of them weighs about 5.5 pounds and the other is about 1 pound heavier. Both are described in "very healthy" condition. None of our sources say exactly when they were born.

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