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this post was submitted on 28 May 2024
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This is probably just my layperson showing, but I honestly wouldn't be all that afraid of a cheetah. If I were in that situation in any other big cat habitat I would be absolutely terrified. Smaller cats like lynx I wouldn't really be afraid for my life but I would be fearful of attack and injury.
Cheetah I wouldn't really feel much fear, more just confusion about what I'm supposed to do. They really don't have the same cat software that all the others have. Much more chill.
Yeah they are definitely running a light version of cat 2.0
Apparently in the wild it is very possible for many cheetahs have brain damage. Basically they run so fast they can raise their body temperature above a save temperature for brain tissue. On the hunt this limiting factor for how long they can run. So it is very possible that over many huts they have a few less brain cells then when they were born.
Cheetahs are quite a bit more fragile since they’re optimized for speed. Any injury could hamper their ability to hunt, so as a result they’re more skittish and flighty than the other big cats. In zoos they often raise cheetahs alongside dogs, giving them a service animal of sorts so they are calmer around the weird hairless monkeys and don’t get stressed out as much.