Cheetahs are apparently super chill as long as they're not hungry, otherwise they'll eat you so they can be super chill again.
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I don't think even a hungry cheetah is going to kill an adult human, they're fast sure but too weak and would be unlikely to engage. They don't show much aggression to humans and are easy to tame. There has never been a lethal attack on humans from a wild cheetah.
There has never been a lethal attack on humans from a wild cheetah.
Recorded. They are so good no human ever survives. 🕵️
Well, they actually skirt the rules to stay out of the record books. They say it's good strategy, but I think they're all cheetahs.
They kill the witnesses as well
Highly niche hunter go brrr. Not to mention that we look and taste weird. Bony as hell vertical pigs that point sticks at anything threatening aren’t an appetizing meal to the the cat equivalent of a hummingbird
Someone is gonna need to double check this, but I feel like it's saw a documentary that said cheetahs are super anxious... in the doc I feel like a guy slept in a makeshift shelter with cheetahs in a thunderstorm to help chill them out.
It sounds so bizarre that im not actually convinced this wasn't a dream, though...
There’s a series of photos from a wildlife photographer that are essentially selfies of him with a litter of cheetah cubs that the mother cheetah literally dropped in his lap while she went to go hunt. It’s been theorized that the only reason cheetahs have never been domesticated is that that they’re very difficult to breed in captivity.
I thought they were domesticated many times throughout history, and used for hunting?
Tamed, not domesticated.
The system falls apart without training every generation.
Sounds about right. In zoos they sometimes pair cheetah cubs with yellow lab puppies to help them deal with the stress of... existing while being a cheetah, I suppose.
The truth is that everyone should be paired with a dog to help them deal with stress.
I have mine. It works wonders.
Can confirm.
We're too big and too dangerous.
A cheetah would need to be very desperate to attack a human.
I can confirm this. Cheetos ads taught me this. They really are super chill
Cheetahs are not actually dangerous to humans. Their skulls/jaws are pretty small and they are slender to be aerodynamic, and they need to be uninjured to hunt, so they avoid confrontation at all costs, especially with something the size of a human.
Just imagine it lapping at the juices leaking from the shredded remains of your face. Glad to help!
Worse, cat tongues are barbed and are actually abrasive. They can literally lick your face off given enough time.
It's a cheetah, not a leopard.
b l e p
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This year, I had the privilege of seeing such friendliness in person:
Shot on an ooold camera that still works.
Where was this? Amazing shots.
Thanks! It was Tanzania.
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It was a group of 3 that made a kill. They just blocked the truck path, fat and panting without a care, then walked off into the sun across the Kenyan border.
Their kill didn't go to waste:
Whoah! In the Serengeti? Super lucky to see them!
Serengeti park, yep.
Yeah, I was lucky by every definition… and have a “big cat” meme folder to reach into now.
Thank you for sharing the excellent shots with us. I love cheetahs. I was lucky to come across two cubs when I travelled there way back in 2012. I couldn't catch them on my camera though since there were so small.
Can't tell if that Cheetah's pregnant or fat from just eating a heavy meal lol. Great shots though, that must have been awesome to see!
I’m almost certain it's a full belly, heh. It had just moved off a carcass, and seemed like one happy cat.
Thanks! Yeah I was extremely lucky in a million ways.
Fun fact: cheetahs can purr and meow.
The ones I pat purrrred so fucking loud, very cool
Baby leopards play exactly like house cats too
Cheetahs aren't dangerous, they're big zoomy cats
Since they min-maxed for speed, they're not very strong and don't really fight for their food, they get bullied easily
Yeah, don’t they partner them with Rottweilers in zoos to keep them company? Just big dogs chillin with big cats
I think it's golden retrievers, they're basically required to keep them from getting an anxiety disorder
Cheetahs aren’t dangerous to humans, they hang out with and even nuzzle up to wildlife photographers all the time.
I mean they aren't lions, but are you telling me that they're tamer than house cats? Because I definitely wouldn't trust a cheetah-sized house cat.
Depending on the individual I wouldn't even trust a house cat-sized house cat
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