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[-] ryannathans@aussie.zone 45 points 2 months ago

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 34 points 2 months ago

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

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

[-] fartographer@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months 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 4 points 2 months ago

They kill the witnesses as well

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 points 2 months ago

They know how to play Red Dead Redemption at least.

[-] Windex007@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago

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 38 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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 33 points 2 months ago

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 19 points 2 months ago
[-] fartographer@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

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

[-] DasFaultier@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago

Most certainly officer!

[-] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months 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 4 points 2 months ago

No way... Come on... 🥹 That's adorable... come on now...

[-] Thrashy@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

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 2 months ago

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

[-] Siethron@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Tamed, not domesticated.

The system falls apart without training every generation.

[-] ryannathans@aussie.zone 1 points 2 months 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 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 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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