NotASharkInAManSuit comments on it's friend shaped!

it's friend shaped! (mander.xyz)

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[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 30 points 8 months ago (1 child)

Cheetahs aren’t dangerous to humans, they hang out with and even nuzzle up to wildlife photographers all the time.

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[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 9 points 8 months ago (3 children)

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.

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[–] ThoGot@feddit.org 13 points 8 months ago (1 child)

Depending on the individual I wouldn't even trust a house cat-sized house cat

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[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago

If a house cat doesn't like you, it won't approach you. I imagine a cheetah would be the same.

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[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 5 points 8 months ago (1 child)

Wild cheetahs have never killed a human

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[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 1 point 8 months ago* (1 child)

Cheetahs in captivity have, though.

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[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 4 points 8 months ago

Not really comparable, zoochosis is horrific

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[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

They can be, depending on their temperament. They’re not big cats, they’re large small cats and they very much behave as such, they are behaviorally a lot more like a house cat than a lion. They are far more likely to avoid you than attack you if they’re not interested in getting your attention and the social ones can be very social.

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