Two clouded leopard cubs were born yesterday at the National Zoo’s Conservation and Research Center, increasing the regional levels of adorableness by more than 80,000 percent.

Their tiny faces adorned the homepage of The Washington Post for a good portion of the day, as well as the front page of the print edition. I’m a relatively intelligent, interested, media-oriented person, and today was the first non-Sunday I considered buying a copy of The Washington Post since the inauguration. Cutest solution to the newspaper industry’s problems ever?

Aww. Look at them. They’re just so adorable.

I did get two spare copies of our free commuter paper, which features an adorable leopard cub as dominant art. I’m willing to mail a copy to whoever wants one while supplies last.