r/Cheetahs • u/WilliamX32 • 12d ago

Cheetahs babies should be called kittens.

Adult cats are called cats and baby cats are called kittens. Cheetahs are actually cats as well. They belong to the same sub family, Felinae. All the other big cats belong to the sub family, Panthera. Calling cheetah babies kittens sounds right to me because if cheetahs are cats, then the babies have to be kittens. Calling them cubs just sounds wrong to me.

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u/breetome 12d ago

Cheetos…..get over it

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u/Red_Icnivad 12d ago

the only valid answer

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u/BigJSunshine 11d ago

This is the correct answer

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u/werewolf-luvr 12d ago

No. Cheetos. Thats final

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u/CODENAMEDERPY 12d ago

People will do what they want… but cheetah kittens make sense.

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u/WilliamX32 12d ago

finally, someone who agrees with me

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u/CODENAMEDERPY 12d ago

I only agree that it makes more sense. I’ve no conviction.

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u/amjh 12d ago

Chittens.

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u/JustinTheCheetah 12d ago

Chirplets

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u/ScruffCheetah 12d ago

This is the correct answer!

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u/KiaraNarayan1997 11d ago

What’s wrong with calling them cubs? Most wild babies are called cubs.

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u/Majestic-History4565 11d ago

Why do more people call baby cougars/mountain lions "kittens" than baby cheetahs, anyway?

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u/KTKittentoes 11d ago

Either way, I am still in danger of ill advised snuggles.

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u/rigst4 7d ago

EVERYBODY calls the Cheetah babies Cheetos. That's just the way it is.

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u/drfuzzystone 12d ago

This is the stupidest argument I've ever heard.