Sand cat kittens are real and we have proof (Picture: Gregory Breton)

Sand cat kittens are real.

Three of them have just been caught on camera in the Moroccan Sahara for the first time and they’re as cute as you would imagine.

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Video showed the kittens, who were around six to eight weeks old, playing by themselves, with their mother probably off looking for food.

The sneaky sandy-coloured felines are known for their ability to stay hidden so Panthera, which works with big cats, were thrilled to have captured them on video.


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The animals are able to camouflage themselves, stay quiet and clean up after feeding so they leave no trace.



There’s no surprise it was hard to take a pic of them previously.

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Biologist Grégory Breton, who led the Panthera reserach team with his collegue Dr Alexander Sliwa, said: ‘Finding these kittens was astonishing.

‘We believe this was the first time researchers ever documented wild sand cat kittens in their African range.’

They were able to snap them in April after noticing their distinctive green eyes glowing at night.

The conservation team made sure to radio collar a big cat thought to be the kittens’ mother so they wouldn’t lose track of them.

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