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fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 15 hours ago

it's friend shaped!

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it's friend shaped!

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    They meow as well.

  • WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today
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    They are too intimidated to attack you from the front, so they play nice

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    SLIGHT NSFW WARNING

    This year, I had the privilege of seeing such friendliness in person:

    Shot on an ooold camera that still works.

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      Where was this? Amazing shots.

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        Thanks! It was Tanzania.

        More Images

        It was a group of 3 that made a kill. They just blocked the truck path, fat and panting without a care, then walked off into the sun across the Kenyan border.

        Your browser does not support playing HTML5 video. You can download a copy of the video file instead. Here is a description of the content: Cat

        Their kill didn’t go to waste:

        Your browser does not support playing HTML5 video. You can download a copy of the video file instead. Here is a description of the content: Kill

  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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    b l e p

  • JakoJakoJako13@piefed.social
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    They can taste the amount of pussy ass bitch you leave behind on the air.

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    Domestic cats are not actually much different than wild cats in any way. they’re just too small to eat us and raised to be more tame. If your loveable housecat was as big as a cheetah, they might not intentionally attack you out of aggression, but their predator instincts would kick in and would probably play with you until you died and possibly eat you like they do insects, lizards, and any other small creature.

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      Cheetahs are apparently the most chill of the big cats, people do keep them as pets.

      My local zoo will actually let people meet the cheetahs, and I can’t imagine that happening with the tigers.

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      If my cat was that size, I might actually die from the farts in my face in the morning (like now), the signal he uses to say he’s hungry.

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      Or snakes. Like, big snakes.

      I swear, if a housecat sees a noodle, some “I’m born to paw this to death” switch goes off in their heads.

      See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rH5GxeyusM

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIcpg_pFbF8

      Interestingly, big cats aren’t like that. They don’t like snakes, and I think they’re too big to dodge them.

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      I read an interview with a zoologist which described cats as evolutionarily perfect. Their dna really only varies primarily for size. All cats all over the world have survived with no need to seriously adapt to their environment.

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        no need to seriously adapt to their environment.

        Yeah, cats make everyone and everything adapt to their environment. You have to completely go outside the environment to avoid their influence.

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          go outside the environment

          Isn’t that where the wrecked oil tanker is?

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            The one where the the front fell off?

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              It’s very unusual

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    Cheetahs are apparently super chill as long as they’re not hungry, otherwise they’ll eat you so they can be super chill again.

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      I can confirm this. Cheetos ads taught me this. They really are super chill

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      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.

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

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

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          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.

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          They kill the witnesses as well

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            They know how to play Red Dead Redemption at least.

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        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…

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          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.

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            No way… Come on… 🥹 That’s adorable… come on now…

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            The truth is that everyone should be paired with a dog to help them deal with stress.

            I have mine. It works wonders.

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              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.

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              Can confirm.

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

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                  Most certainly officer!

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          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.

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

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          https://reddit.com/comments/q97tdo

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        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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      Me too bud, me too.

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      We’re too big and too dangerous.

      A cheetah would need to be very desperate to attack a human.

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      Apparently, Chester should be mascotting for Snickers

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    Cheetahs aren’t dangerous to humans, they hang out with and even nuzzle up to wildlife photographers all the time.

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      I mean they aren’t lions, but are you telling me that they’re tamer than house cats? Because I definitely wouldn’t trust a cheetah-sized house cat.

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        They can be, depending on their temperament. They’re not large cats, they’re big small cats and they very much behave as such, they are behaviorally a lot more like a house cat than a lion. They are far more likely to avoid you than attack you if they’re not interested in getting your attention and the social ones can be very social.

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        Depending on the individual I wouldn’t even trust a house cat-sized house cat

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          If a house cat doesn’t like you, it won’t approach you. I imagine a cheetah would be the same.

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        Wild cheetahs have never killed a human

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          Cheetahs in captivity have, though.

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            Not really comparable, zoochosis is horrific

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    Fun fact: cheetahs can purr and meow.

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      The ones I pat purrrred so fucking loud, very cool

      Baby leopards play exactly like house cats too

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    Cheetahs are not actually dangerous to humans. Their skulls/jaws are pretty small and they are slender to be aerodynamic, and they need to be uninjured to hunt, so they avoid confrontation at all costs, especially with something the size of a human.

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      Also there’s never been a lethal attack on humans from a wild cheetah

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        Woah, is that true!? Never, not even from one with rabies or something!?

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          Wild yes, in captivity there are fatal maulings.

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      I was gonna say, nobody is calling cheetahs dangerous. 🙄

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    It’s a trap. He just want you to get closer to pet him.

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      I want to pet the big cat

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        It’d probably let you. They’re pretty chill cats.

        Don’t have a lot of energy, and have to save it for sprinting.

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    Go on then, give it a Boop then!

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    Just imagine it lapping at the juices leaking from the shredded remains of your face. Glad to help!

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      Wait, no, I think that’s leopards

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        You’re selling cheetahs short here. I’m confident that they’re perfectly capable of face-munching.

        …Fell free to put it to the test and prove me wrong though.

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      Worse, cat tongues are barbed and are actually abrasive. They can literally lick your face off given enough time.

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        How many licks does it take to get to the center of a human?

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          More than you’d enjoy.

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      It’s a cheetah, not a leopard.

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      Accurate.

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    Ah, the danger blep

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    It’s just a big cat.

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