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[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 58 points 1 month 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.

[–] dublet@lemmy.world 47 points 1 month 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. πŸ•΅οΈ

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago

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.

[–] Billy_fuccboi@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They kill the witnesses as well

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 5 points 1 month ago

They know how to play Red Dead Redemption at least.

[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 32 points 1 month 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...

[–] leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 49 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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.

[–] Curious_Canid@piefed.ca 42 points 1 month 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.

[–] DasFaultier@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] DasFaultier@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

β™₯️

Goodest. Dog. Ever.

[–] DasFaultier@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

Ya, she absolutely is.

[–] MrShankles@reddthat.com 2 points 1 month ago

Came for the cheetahs, stayed for the adorable snoot boop

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

It depends on the dog though.

Border collies need to be paired with a human to keep them calm, they're very highly strung dogs.

[–] SethTaylor@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

No way... Come on... πŸ₯Ή That's adorable... come on now...

[–] Thrashy@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] Siethron@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Tamed, not domesticated.

The system falls apart without training every generation.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month ago

I guess no need to go through the efforts of the classical definition of domestication when you can take them from the wild ready to tame

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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