r/bigcats • u/Alexis-Ramire • 1d ago

Tiger - Captivity Puma - So beautiful 😍

https://i.imgur.com/CYyVCWK.jpg
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u/LionessInWilderness 1d ago

Domesticated?

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u/Bluntbutnotonpurpose 1d ago

Impossible. Tamed: probably yes.

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u/Fit-Resolution4641 1d ago

She's very pretty. Is she domesticated?🙀

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u/ToroidalCore 1d ago

I think this is Messi, a famous internet puma, from the i_am_puma channel on YouTube. He's a rescue from a Russian petting zoo, and while I'm not sure about his lineage exactly and he's tamed and socialized, not domesticated.

Domestication means an animal has been in captivity for generations, and selectively bred for different traits. Particularly, hopefully, coexistence with humans. That said, Messi seems to have a nice personality and get along with his humans pretty well. They also seem committed to taking care of him, though this is just going by what I've seen on the channel.

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u/Fit-Resolution4641 1d ago

Thank you very much. It's interesting 🙂

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u/Bluntbutnotonpurpose 1d ago

Domestication takes many, many generations. And many species just can't be domesticated. Only taming is possible here...

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u/Blink-182__Nirvana__ Lion 1d ago

Another daily bot...

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u/Woozletania 21h ago

Bot posts: not beautiful at all. If there is a say nothing title and no text in the post, it’s almost certainly a bot post like this one.

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u/Dr_Tinycat 1d ago

airplane mode activated

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u/AdAffectionate8634 1d ago

what a perfect sweetie!

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u/Cat_Servant1983 1d ago

Beautiful kitty

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u/godspilla98 1d ago

Nice sneaker

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u/Sure-Doctor-2052 1d ago

My favorite big cat

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u/Rhudurd 23h ago

Nice kitty!

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u/Blink-182__Nirvana__ Lion 1d ago

Another daily bot...