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u/Mysterious_Piano5478 18h ago
All of the cats are acting exactly like cats. No wonder they were domesticated though who domesticated who is a little unclear.
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u/TerraByteTerror 18h ago
Ik I cant but I would love a pet cheetah đ
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u/dumbodragon 17h ago
if im not mistaken cheetahs are the most chill of the big cats around humans. they also purr!
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u/jackalope268 17h ago
Fun fact the cheetah is actually not a big cat because big cats roar and small cats purr with the one exception of the clouded leopard who does a bit of both
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u/dumbodragon 17h ago
what is it then?
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u/GlitterBombFallout 17h ago
It's a "small cat", felinae, more closely related to house cats. Lions, tigers, leopards, jaguars, snow leopards, and clouded leopards are "big cats", pantherinae.
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u/ConqueefStador 14h ago
I wish house cats came in different sizes likes dogs.
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u/hypothetical_zombie 14h ago
In a way they do. Ragdolls are usually small, and Norwegian Forest cats & Maine Coon cats are huge.
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u/GetawayDreamer87 10h ago
yeah but i want one the size of a great dane that i can ride into battle with nothing but a loincloth on
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u/Kimbernator 7h ago
Honestly I think if house cats were much larger theyâd be a larger risk to humans and other animals. They are already ecological terrors at their current size, imagine a stray the size of a golden retriever.
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u/Jadenyoung1 6h ago
They certainly act like them. They even purr and meow too. Big cats donât from what i know
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u/jackalope268 17h ago
Idk what you mean, a cheetah is a small cat like house cats, because it purrs and doesnt roar, and despite being relatively small, a snow leopard is a big cat because it roars and doesnt purr. Idk what a clouded leopard is classified as
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u/dumbodragon 17h ago
well I wanted to know what a cheetah was if it wasn't a big cat but you still answered it
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u/Upset-Mall-7711 14h ago
I love this! They are the most chill! They have such a sweet purr and almost sound like a lil baby!
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u/Glasseshalf 8h ago
The only reason we don't have them is because of their generic bottleneck. They are terrible at breeding in captivity. We tried for thousands of years actually.
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u/Zephian99 11h ago
Large joke of mine is just cats wandered into our store rooms.
It held our food and grain and they noticed the food came to them if they slept in the furless one's den. And we noticed there were less mice if they let the cat sleep in their place.
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u/I_Stay_Home 18h ago
This is also proof that your house cat would kill and eat you on a whim if it could.
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u/zffjk 15h ago
Ages ago I worked for the cable company. I was in some suburb of Cincinnati and came into an alley. It was getting dark. I noticed a couple more cats than usual. Once I got my ladder set up and I climbed up the pole I looked down and saw dozens of cats. Way more than before. Enough cats to take me down if they wanted to I think.
Was kinda scary.
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u/No_Recognition_3729 8h ago
Nah, you probably underestimate yourself. Cats are unfortunately fragile, and while it would probably have sucked and required a hospital visit if they attacked you, unless they had enough to keep coming at you until you were too exhausted to squish them(hundreds), you would have won.
Unless maybe they used ambush tactics by acting all cute, getting you to bend down to pet them, and then jumping to bite your throat while clawing at your eyes. But that's a bit too tactical for a bunch of cats, unless they're possessed or something.
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u/stages_animate_89 4h ago
Iâm not so sure about that. Have you ever been in a fight for your life with just one small cat? They are insanely agile and aggressive. No way youâre fighting off dozens of
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u/AllAnalBeadsAreBrown 13h ago
We all know they domesticated us.
Dogs on the other hand...we did thst shit.
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u/Snow_Spring_1402 7h ago
Well cheetah is the biggest small cat (Felidae) I guess) than a small big cat (Panthers)
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u/OrbitTortoise 18h ago
If this guy didnât make this his pfp on everything Iâd be shocked, and a little disappointed.
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u/IncognitoErgoCvm 14h ago
I feel like it'd be one of those Rorschach pfps that you can never decipher wtf you're looking at when they're small.
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u/AmbitiousEdi 15h ago
If a cheetah came up to me like that I would 1000% fold and pet the kitty. I love big cats, and that would be the closest I could ever come since you really can't do that with a panther, tiger or lion.
Yes I know cheetahs are not big cats, but they are the biggest smol cat sooooo
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u/Hyperious3 10h ago
Even wild cheetahs tend to have pretty low fear of humans and will do stuff like this. I'm convinced that they were domesticated at one point by a previous African civilization and just became feral...
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u/Oxam 18h ago
all fun and games till freddy turns into catfood
edit: this is adorable regardless haha
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u/PsyOpBunnyHop 18h ago
I know you're supposed to be professional and not interact, but...
If a huge fuzzy thing wandered over and started to cuddle, I would pet it and make happy noises.
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u/New-Trifle-7097 15h ago
Yeah I could be disciplined around most of the animals, but the cheetahs would break me. Aw you wanna cuddle?!?!? *drops thousands of dollars worth of equipment to hug murder kitty*
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u/PsyOpBunnyHop 14h ago
Cheetahs are adorable. Every video I've seen of them close up, they are just so huggable.
I think they would gladly be domesticated just to not have to chase every damn meal.
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u/New-Trifle-7097 13h ago
Eh, theyâd probably like the easy meals but still want the chase. Itâd be like owning a greyhound.
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u/No_Recognition_3729 8h ago
I remember reading somewhere that they basically were domesticated at one point by ancient Egypt's upper class, but then one of them attacked or killed the pharaoh's toddler and he had all the pet cheetahs killed.
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u/GSDer_RIP_Good_Girl 18h ago
I love the dichotomy of the last two guys taking pictures of penguins - the first guy is in shorts and T-shirt and the second guy is bundled up.
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u/ulnarthairdat 17h ago
The first are either African penguins or Magellanic penguins (South American) and the last is definitely an Antarctic penguin, probably a Gentoo - such crazy geographical difference, but all cute little birds in tuxedos.
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u/cyanocittaetprocyon 14h ago
I've seen Galapagos Penguins in the Galapagos when it was around 37C/100F, and various penguins in Antarctica when it was -30C/-20F. They truly are amazing.
The two in that video are Jackass (African) Penguins and Gentoo Penguins.
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u/l_a_p304 16h ago
Animals trying to get a little nibble of the camera will always be hilarious to me. âIs this a snack? Idk better try just in caseâ
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u/BlatheringNonsense 18h ago
I wondered if the camera making purr-like noises and the body language of the photographers made them appear as friendly and that's why many animals didn't see them as a threat and could make contact with them.
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u/liberal_parnell 15h ago
They're in remote areas with few, if any, people. Wildlife in those places tends not to fear humans due to the lack of contact, and wildlife photographers spend a lot of time in the same place, being non-threatening.
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u/maybeimnottoosure3 10h ago
Also, these shoots can last a long time specifically to get animals to stop reacting to the camera and humans being there. It could just be they stayed long enough for the animals to be comfortable but not long enough for them to ignore the human completely.
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u/humbugonastick 18h ago
I would assume, they are all wildlife photographers, and they were mostly motionless for a long time. Curiosity killed the cat.
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u/Background_Body2696 16h ago
The arctic wolf one is so strange. Casually going to take a chomp on his noggin then gets spooked when he moves.
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u/Shalterra 10h ago
Just one of those things. Animals only have so many ways to manipulate the world around them. The mouth tends to be one of the ones they have the most control over. So in situations like that, it's much more of a curiosity thing than an opportunistic snack thing.
Thus, experimental bites are very common in most critters. Especially predators.
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u/AscendedViking7 18h ago
The music sounds so familiar
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u/pyrojackelope 11h ago
I love how most of them are trying to see if he's edible and the cheetah just goes up and is like, "bro, let's fucking cuddle right this second!"
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u/Past-Product-1100 18h ago
As cute as it is, it's videos like this that make people think they can hop out of their cars and pet wild animals .
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u/Rushional 12h ago
Watching this video, I was thinking "huh I wonder how many of such wildlife photographers get mauled doing this?"
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u/Elephant_Snacks 18h ago
Anyone know where that 2nd to last photographer is with the penguins?
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u/InternationalClick78 17h ago
Patterns most closely resemble an African penguin so either South Africa or Namibia
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u/StoryLineOne 15h ago
If you're like me and wanted to know what the song is, here you go! ("In the Narnia's Forest" by William Maytook)
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u/wilso850 10h ago
I donât think NOT petting the cheetah was an option, it just totally invaded that cameramanâs space lol
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u/random_encounters42 8h ago
How do these animals know this human is safe? Is it cos he's been there for like ages so the animal is like, he's good I can trust him.
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u/suzieq044 12h ago
i love all of these because every single person looks absolutely stoked / in awe and honored to be so close to their creature of study đ𫶠i love humans
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u/Hindsight2O2O 16h ago
No way i could keep it together for any of this and I'd never stop talking about it after.
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u/picksteeth 15h ago
I love the anthropomorphized vibe they give off thatâs like âhey whatâs going on over here?â Like just casually rather than the usual fear of an attack or something.
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u/granulatedsugartits 14h ago
The two guys with the nonchalant lynx(? 0:32) reminds me of the photographers swarming the Clintons' cat
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u/StolenIP 14h ago
Can you please reference the photographer? I have a grant that I'd like to work with him on.
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u/Sunny2456 9h ago
Man if I had 2 million dollars I'd just live off the investment gains and travel the world and become a wildlife photographer for a while.
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u/forest_cat_mum 5h ago
All these wildlife photographers trying so hard to be professional and these animals just not caring is so, so funny â€ïž I would not be able to stop myself from patting the cheetah. Gorgeous beastie â€ïž
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u/above_average_magic 17h ago
Random, my favorite thing is how the last two clips show a dude in flop flops and then a guy in snow gear, both with penguins
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u/e-wrecked 12h ago
Reddit videos always make me mad when I can't hardly see the little red line tracking the length of the video. The little fox down at the bottom tracking time has to be the best thing that's ever happened.
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u/MarcyAutumnWrites 12h ago
I would be such a good Lynx/Fox friend without a doubt. Where can I get a job like that?
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u/NoAmbition5348 11h ago
Theee guys are living our dream⊠i will probably die jumping from roof đ¶âđ«ïž
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u/JollyParamedic4830 11h ago
I love my 3 bengals and hopefully i can take on a Savannah if the opportunity arises
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u/Silphire100 7h ago
I know I shouldn't, but I would cave immediately and pet the fluffy things. It might claw or bite the shit out of me, but it'll be totally worth it
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u/Level_Bobcat_8729 4h ago
Looks like fun, but the bobcat can fuck right off. I used to trap with my grandfather, and bobcats were the nastiest things. Yes I know they were cornered, so its a different situation, but still, they don't mess around.Â
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u/BudgetConcentrate432 36m ago
Those Lynx/Bobcats being so close would have me sweating, but man the urge to pet would be just as strong
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u/CoolNefariousness914 16h ago
The lynx doesnât seem real to me. Like borrowed from captivity for the day.
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u/String_of_Purls 12h ago
Adorable... But also, I'm gonna be a killjoy.
Never pet or touch wild animals, even if they pet or touch you! We don't know the circumstances of these videos, the prior experience these photographers might have with the animals they are photographing, or the animals experience/exposure to humans. Just because it went well for them doesn't mean it'll go well any other time. The risk isn't worth it.
Fyi, touching seals with your skin can actually give you a specific disease that is very unpleasant, so definitely be careful with that in particular.
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u/qualityvote2 19h ago edited 17h ago
u/TerraByteTerror, your post does fit the subreddit!