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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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.
Also there's never been a lethal attack on humans from a wild cheetah
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This year, I had the privilege of seeing such friendliness in person:






Shot on an ooold camera that still works.
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:
It's a trap. He just want you to get closer to pet him.
I want to pet the big cat
It'd probably let you. They're pretty chill cats.
Don't have a lot of energy, and have to save it for sprinting.
Domestic cats are not actually much different than wild cats in any way. they're just too small to eat us and raised to be more tame. If your loveable housecat was as big as a cheetah, they might not intentionally attack you out of aggression, but their predator instincts would kick in and would probably play with you until you died and possibly eat you like they do insects, lizards, and any other small creature.
I read an interview with a zoologist which described cats as evolutionarily perfect. Their dna really only varies primarily for size. All cats all over the world have survived with no need to seriously adapt to their environment.
no need to seriously adapt to their environment.
Yeah, cats make everyone and everything adapt to their environment. You have to completely go outside the environment to avoid their influence.
go outside the environment
Isn't that where the wrecked oil tanker is?
Or snakes. Like, big snakes.
I swear, if a housecat sees a noodle, some "I'm born to paw this to death" switch goes off in their heads.
See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rH5GxeyusM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIcpg_pFbF8
Interestingly, big cats aren't like that. They don't like snakes, and I think they're too big to dodge them.
Cheetahs are apparently the most chill of the big cats, people do keep them as pets.
My local zoo will actually let people meet the cheetahs, and I can't imagine that happening with the tigers.
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
Fun fact: cheetahs can purr and meow.
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.
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
Sometimes I conjure up the delusion that having a big feline is doable if raised from birth because my little feline is such an adorable baby that she shows her belly to literally everyone she sees even when she's never met them. But even this cute ball of fluff will dig her claws into my leg to avoid falling when she rolls over while napping on my lap. Imagine if those claws were 4 cm.
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