A 5-year-old cheetah named Echo delivered four cubs at the Smithsonian's National Zoo as the amazing moment was watched on webcam by animal care staff.
Echo, a first-time mom, began delivering her babies shortly after 11 a.m. Thursday.
The last of the babies entered the world at 2:33 p.m.
Zoo staff keeping watching on the webcam are now giving the mother a chance to bond with her cubs. Their genders won't be known until the staff can get a closer look.
The babies were fathered by a 4-year-old cheetah named Scott that was paired and bred with Echo in January, Smithsonian Magazine reports.
The Front Royal, Virginia zoo, also known as the Smithsonian's Conservation Biology Institute, has had 14 litters of cheetah cubs, including the latest, since 2007.
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