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[–] 111 points 8 months ago (5 children)

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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  • [–] 58 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 46 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    There has never been a lethal attack on humans from a wild cheetah.

    Recorded. They are so good no human ever survives. 🕵️

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  • [–] 33 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    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...

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  • [–] 50 points 8 months ago* (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 43 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    The truth is that everyone should be paired with a dog to help them deal with stress.

    I have mine. It works wonders.

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    Excuse me, but I'm gonna need to see that snoot booped.

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    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.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I thought they were domesticated many times throughout history, and used for hunting?

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  • [–] 19 points 8 months ago*

    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

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