The lion cubs are finally out for public to see at the Idaho Falls Zoo

IDAHO FALLS – STAND UP: The two newest lion cubs at the Idaho Falls zoo are finally on display for the public. Let’s go see how the whole family is doing.

VO: Baby girls Ilanga and Kamaria were on exhibit for the third time on Thursday.

VO: Ilanga and Kamaria were born in July making this the mother Kimani's second litter in one year. This spring she gave birth to the girls' big brother Hondo, who was also her first cub ever.

SOT: We would consider her a grandma lion at this point, so when she had one individual male cub earlier this spring we were excited,” Zookeeper Dallas LaDucer says.

VO: Parents Kimani and Dahoma were specifically paired up years ago by genetic makeup to reproduce. At 14 years old the mama lion wasn’t able to reproduce at any point in her life.

SOT: "The same mom and dad had two litters in one season and that’s pretty rare, that would kind of be unheard of,” zookeeper Dallas LaDucer says.

VO: Resident Alyce Young brings her grandson to the zoo almost every Thursday. She said it's been a treat to see many baby animals at the zoo grows up this year.

SOT: "Everybody needs to come to the zoo more often so they can see all the fun things, all the babies," Young says.

SOT: "By the time we’re open again in the spring, these girls will be well over 100 pounds so we’ll have a whole herd full of teenagers instead of little tiny babies,” LaDucer says.

STAND UP: The baby lions will be on exhibit off and on until the zoos closing date October 5. The Idaho Falls Zoo is open every day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.