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Holtsville's free zoo is the big cats' meow

It was a typical afternoon in Holtsville: Morgan wanted to wrestle, but his adopted older brother just wanted to take a nap.

Age would trump youth on this particular day, as Simba - the elder of the two mountain lions at the Harold H. Malkmes Wildlife Education and Ecology Center - deposited Morgan on the ground with a swift paw to the muzzle. But Simba's days as top cat could be dwindling....

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