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Saturday, December 7, 2024
The cheetahs are deciding who to eat first, and who's for dessert
I believe I’ve heard that cheetahs are more closely related to dogs than cats, and of the wild cats they are the ones most tolerant of humans. A diverging branch of canine evolution?
Big cats generally view vehicles as large strange sometimes useful entity and the occupants just a part of that entity. Get out of the vehicle and you become prey.
Of all the big cats, cheetahs are those most amenable to human familiarization. Not really domestication, but they have been kept as near-domestic animals going back to the Romans and Egyptians. Still, these look like very wild creatures and I would most definitely stay in the vehicle.
At my local zoo you can get up close and personal with them which I would do - they seem comfortable around humans. In Australia you can get up close and personal with tigers which doesn't spin my wheels at all. They are huge, and while used to human interaction, they seem to retain a potential for aggression that Cheetahs don't seem to have.
Cheetahs are pretty week hunters and their bite can barely break the skin of their prey.... they're real...um... pussycats that way.... can't even defend their prey once they've taken it down.
Some seem like friendly critters, not weary being near people.
ReplyDeleteIf that's AOC screaming in terror I'd pay to see this to the end.
ReplyDeleteMore like they're looking for a higher vantage point to search for predators or prey.
ReplyDeleteI believe I’ve heard that cheetahs are more closely related to dogs than cats, and of the wild cats they are the ones most tolerant of humans. A diverging branch of canine evolution?
ReplyDeleteLooking for their rightful case of cheetos.
ReplyDeleteBig cats generally view vehicles as large strange sometimes useful entity and the occupants just a part of that entity. Get out of the vehicle and you become prey.
ReplyDeleteOf all the big cats, cheetahs are those most amenable to human familiarization. Not really domestication, but they have been kept as near-domestic animals going back to the Romans and Egyptians. Still, these look like very wild creatures and I would most definitely stay in the vehicle.
ReplyDeleteAt my local zoo you can get up close and personal with them which I would do - they seem comfortable around humans. In Australia you can get up close and personal with tigers which doesn't spin my wheels at all. They are huge, and while used to human interaction, they seem to retain a potential for aggression that Cheetahs don't seem to have.
DeleteCheetahs are pretty week hunters and their bite can barely break the skin of their prey.... they're real...um... pussycats that way.... can't even defend their prey once they've taken it down.
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