<p class="title">Three playful white Bengal tiger cubs are charming visitors as they clamber around their enclosure at a zoo in China.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The rare, blue-eyed triplets were born nearly three months ago at the Yunnan Wildlife Zoo in Kunming, and made their public debut in early October.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The oldest one -- the largest -- is very naughty and has a real appetite. He's the naughtiest. The youngest is like a baby, she's gentle. She never wins when fighting for food," zookeeper Hao Li said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The cubs' busy mother is getting a helping hand keeping her youngsters from getting hungry, with keepers always ready to step in with a bottle.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The tigers' white fur is a genetic variation of the common orange Bengal tiger.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The mutation seldom occurs in the wild, but the zoo is home to 41 cats of this rare white variety.</p>.<p class="bodytext">There are currently more than 2,500 Bengal tigers outside captivity, most of them in India, according to conservation group World Wildlife Fund.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A competition is being held to name the three newborns, with final names chosen at the end of October.</p>
<p class="title">Three playful white Bengal tiger cubs are charming visitors as they clamber around their enclosure at a zoo in China.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The rare, blue-eyed triplets were born nearly three months ago at the Yunnan Wildlife Zoo in Kunming, and made their public debut in early October.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The oldest one -- the largest -- is very naughty and has a real appetite. He's the naughtiest. The youngest is like a baby, she's gentle. She never wins when fighting for food," zookeeper Hao Li said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The cubs' busy mother is getting a helping hand keeping her youngsters from getting hungry, with keepers always ready to step in with a bottle.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The tigers' white fur is a genetic variation of the common orange Bengal tiger.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The mutation seldom occurs in the wild, but the zoo is home to 41 cats of this rare white variety.</p>.<p class="bodytext">There are currently more than 2,500 Bengal tigers outside captivity, most of them in India, according to conservation group World Wildlife Fund.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A competition is being held to name the three newborns, with final names chosen at the end of October.</p>