This is the moment a tiny leopard cub in India tried to ward off local workers by growling fiercely, only to let out barely a whimper.<br /><br />Workers in India saw something rustling inside a bush on a coffee estate near the town of Sakleshpur in the country's south on October 30.<br /><br />Thinking it was a snake, they approached it cautiously. <br /><br />Instead, they found two leopard cubs, just three-months-old. <br /><br />While one of the cubs continued to sleep, its sibling decided to put up a fight. <br /><br />It tried to growl menacingly, wrinkling its nose and exposing its barely-there teeth - though no sound came out of its mouth. <br /><br />Fearing the mother could be nearby, the workers retreated and informed the forestry department in this Western Ghats mountain range, which lies in India’s Karnataka state.<br /><br />But before officials could arrive, the mother leopard came and carried away her cubs.
