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fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 months ago

it's friend shaped!

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it's friend shaped!

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  • snoons@lemmy.ca
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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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      Me too bud, me too.

    • leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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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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      I can confirm this. Cheetos ads taught me this. They really are super chill

    • xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works
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      Apparently, Chester should be mascotting for Snickers

  • idkwhatimdoing@sh.itjust.works
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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.

    • shalafi@lemmy.world
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      I was gonna say, nobody is calling cheetahs dangerous. 🙄

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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.

    • fossilesque@mander.xyzOPM
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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

  • magic_internet_wizard@lemmy.world
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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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      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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      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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        Kinda funny how cats can basically parry things.

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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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        Apparently cheetahs aren’t “big cats”, they’re just large versions of small cats. They share features like purring and meowing, and their temperaments are closer to housecats than a tiger or lion.

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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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    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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    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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        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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        They can be, depending on their temperament. They’re not big cats, they’re large 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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    Fun fact: cheetahs can purr and meow.

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    b l e p

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    Ah, the danger blep

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    They meow as well.

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    Go on then, give it a Boop then!

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    Fatal attraction.

  • VinnyDaCat@lemmy.world
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    It’s just a big cat.

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    Imagine your cat was big enough to rip your arm off at playtime. That’s why.

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    Inbreeding.

    https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/cheetahs-brink-extinction-again/5th-grade/

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