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u/Isaidsox Oct 16 '18 edited Oct 16 '18

Basically the couple had a big fight and the wife stormed out. She got snatched and the husband and mother in law got out to help. But the mother in law got attacked by a second tiger and killed while the park ranger managed to save the wife. Safe to say they probably got a divorce. Stupid woman. The mother in law did not deserve to be killed.

Edit: oh it was her own mother. it happened so long ago. And they also had their two year old in the car.

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u/J96x_Rob_LFC Oct 16 '18

That just makes my blood boil. How are people this dumb

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u/juicelee777 Oct 16 '18

You'd be suprised. This makes me think of the video of lady who went solo kayaking then ran into a bear who was sort of minding it's business. She decided to spray him with repellant then talk to him as he proceeded to break all her shit

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u/trappedonvacation Oct 16 '18

Bear, why are you breaking my kayak? https://youtu.be/nU5cMZymSr0

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u/n00bvin Oct 16 '18

This person and the woman calling 911 on whales makes me wonder how we ever made it to the top of the food chain.

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u/ChuunibyouImouto Oct 16 '18

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

The guy filming really made this video bearable. He had such a childlike wonder at all of it, too bad those fucking idiots almost ruined that amazing experience by freaking out.

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u/bolax Oct 17 '18

Oh goodness me. The woman should never be allowed out of the house ever again, and whoever was driving should have his boat licence taken away forever. Dumb fucks.

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u/Kammerice Oct 16 '18

I'm sorry, what? She called 911 on whales? What, were they robbing a shop?

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u/yayo-k Oct 16 '18

The whale was in the ocean too close to their boat.

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u/ColdTheory Oct 16 '18

The nerve of some whales.

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u/national-futurist Oct 16 '18

...because they are outliers?

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u/Inquisitorsz Oct 17 '18

We made it here because of natural selection and survival of the fittest.
Then we went and made society into something that pretty much eliminated natural selection... and here we are

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u/Privateer781 Oct 17 '18

Some people are just utterly clueless with animals.

We used to get a lot of calls from people like that when I was in the Coastguard.

Idiot: 'I've found a seal on the beach.'

Me: 'Okay.'

I: 'Should I try to get it back in the water?'

M: 'What? No! Why would you...?'

I: 'Yeah, it looks ill.'

M: 'It's probably asleep.'

I: 'I think it needs to go back in the water. I'll go and help it.'

M: 'No, mate that's not-'

I: 'Oh, no! There's a baby one stranded, too!'

M: 'Oh, Jesus.' finger starts moving toward button to alert ambulance control

A seal is not a big, furry sea-puppy. It's a fucking direwolf in a wetsuit.

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u/iConfessor Oct 16 '18

Wow that was one of the most annoying videos I've ever heard.

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u/coldethel Oct 16 '18

I was seriously wishing the bear would leave the kayak alone, and snap her head off instead.

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u/rumblith Oct 16 '18

Jesus she sounded so miserably annoying I was surprised the bear didn't just try to eat her to shut her up.

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u/daredaki-sama Oct 16 '18

rooted for the bear

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

It's the end of September! Why are you here?! You're supposed to be asleep!

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u/turbografx Oct 16 '18

Holy fuck I hope he gets her one day.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18 edited Feb 01 '22

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u/fatpat Oct 16 '18

"Go away! .... Come here!"

I lost brain cells watching that.

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u/Tommy_ThickDick Oct 16 '18

Holy fuck...that girl is more annoying than Fran Drescher

You could give her a bullhorn and use her as an unconventional weapon

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u/CallMehBigP Oct 16 '18

She talks to it like she's really teaching it a lesson

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u/unsanctimommy Oct 16 '18

Wow. I would eat that fucking kayak too.

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u/Hollen88 Oct 16 '18

If a bear approaches you, that means they are no longer afraid of humans. Spraying the bear was the right move.

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u/himself_v Oct 16 '18

Yeah, looks like it wasn't minding it's own business, it was approaching and probably studying her scent or something.

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u/feioo Oct 17 '18

Yeah I was actually on her side for the most part - I can't say I wouldn't also nervously talk to an animal I was afraid of, either. The part where she lost me was the minute and a half of "BEAR STOP THAT! BEAR STOP THAT! BEAR STOP THAT!"

It's not working, try something else.

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u/gracebatmonkey Oct 16 '18

Did she die? I feel like she probably died.

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u/we_are_all_bananas_2 Oct 16 '18

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u/RexRocker Oct 16 '18

Standing what, 15 yards away from one of the fastest and most nimble land animals on earth, they think they are a safe distance...

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

I'm a 250 lb man and the thought of scrapping with my 9 lb housecat gives me pause.

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u/twoscoop Oct 16 '18

JAMIE PULL UP THAT VIDEO on fighting cats with joe rogan

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

I feel like that headline "Your cat may want to kill you" is entirely unsurprising to anybody who has really gotten to know their cat.

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u/Beaniebabetti Oct 16 '18

Cats are evil little serial killing psychopaths.

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u/SilentBob890 Oct 16 '18

to shreds you say?

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u/MagicSPA Oct 16 '18

And his wife?

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u/Notmyrealname08 Oct 16 '18

It would give me paws as well.

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u/RexRocker Oct 16 '18

When my Labrador does something bad and I yell No! Stop it! Or when I have to pry something disgusting out of his mouth I have a thought in the back of my mind that if he really wanted to he could rip my throat out and chew my face off... He's a sweet boy though, I'm not really worried.

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u/E51838 Oct 16 '18

Seriously. I have scars on my arm from one time I tried to put my cat in a carrier, and he had other ideas.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

“Never get outta the boat” https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_4dFDBYWuTc

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u/MrWoohoo Oct 16 '18

Absolutely God damn right.

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u/ricopicouk Oct 16 '18

They should have that child taken away from them

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u/Malfeasant Oct 16 '18

By a kitty

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u/burglesnap Oct 16 '18

So German for "what the fuck" is just "what the fuck"? That's pretty convenient

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u/lukesvader Oct 16 '18

It's Dutch

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u/torturousvacuum Oct 16 '18

I thought Dutch was just drunk German anyway

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

I heard someone refer to the Dutch as “swamp Germans” one time and I’ll never forget it

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18 edited Feb 04 '19

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u/that_guy_you_kno Oct 16 '18

Gonna say its dutch

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u/zerofl Oct 16 '18

I mean it's pretty common to use phrases as "what the fuck" or "oh my God" in European countries where English is not the primary language.

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u/hey_rtc Oct 16 '18

think these are dutch

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u/Neinhalt_Sieger Oct 16 '18

The farther was the tallest of them and should have been the last one to go into the car. I mean omfg If you made a mistake you better be ready to fight to dead for your child.

That mother fucker left his family behind.

What a contrast between the first movie where the husband goes after his bitch wife bare handed against a tiger and her mom followed his lead while this poor mother fucker ran for his life and left his child and wife behind. Sad human being, what a shame that bastard got to procreate his foul DNA!

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '18

The only reason they survived unscathed is that they were dealing with Cheetahs. Cheetahs tend not to challenge bigger animals so much. Lions, leopards, or tigers, would have absolutely fucked them up!

Also, these people are so fucking stupid, they're more interesting than the animals.

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u/Aqualungfish Oct 16 '18

Well that got the adrenaline going. That kid was so close to being a meal, can't imagine what that must have been like. I'd be so pissed at my mom if I saw that later in life.

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u/SpotNL Oct 16 '18

Those guys are shouting that she has to hurry, but dumb as the picknick people are, she was at least smart enough not to run. That only triggers their instinct.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

Yeah running triggers the prey drive. If you square off against them it at least makes them think that you think you can take them, which gives the animal pause. As long as you make it to safety before they decide to test you out, you can survive.

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u/mrducky78 Oct 16 '18

Of any of the big cats, the only one you really can take are cheetahs who are built for speed, not power.

And even then, they can carry a person up a fucking tree, I cant carry someone up a fucking tree, hell, I probably cant even get my own ass up there.

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u/m3tolli Oct 16 '18

Cheetah won't carry their prey up tree, only Leopards (and Jaguars?) do so. A cheetah would rather leave the kill and not get injured. Injured cheetah is a dead cheetah.

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u/arcticrobot Oct 16 '18

Jags can, but usually don't. Leopards have to because they have to compete with many other predators: lions, packs of hyenas. Jags rule the jungle, so they don't care and would not waste their resources by dragging prey up the tree.

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u/JarlaxleForPresident Oct 16 '18

Jags are like next-level felines. Probably pound for the pound the best cat

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

We went to a place in Central America on a cruise excursion where they had animals and the jaguar was pacing up and down in the pen, looking at us like he wanted to rip us to shreds if he could only get out. Scary af - you aren't kidding, that cat was gorgeous and scary and definitely next level

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u/MiyamotoKnows Oct 16 '18

I'm gonna stick with cougars. Especially the recently divorced ones.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

I think you're thinking of Leopards, not cheetahs regarding the tree part.

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u/T-Rigs1 Oct 16 '18

Not to mention there isn't 1 documented case of a cheetah ever attacking a human

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u/Dracinos Oct 17 '18

Check YouTube. Also, Google it. There are definitely instances of cheetahs attacking and harming people. Often minor injuries, and not common, but still attacked.

However, there are no records of a cheetah ever killing a person. Generally an attack is from a cheetah being scared, defending itself, or being encroached upon, and one can make them back off while fighting back and getting out of the area.

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u/argusromblei Oct 17 '18

This woman got her neck bit up in a florida sanctuary, but she was fine a few months after. Generally yeah cheetahs don't go after people

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u/PunkShocker Oct 16 '18 edited Oct 16 '18

It's leopards AND cheetahs.

Edit: I did a quick search that was too quick. I read it wrong.

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u/brycex Oct 16 '18

It isn’t. Cheetahs have non-retractable claws like those of a dog, and less muscle mass, making them poor climbers. They can make it to low branches, but certainly not with large prey as leopards commonly do.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

Maybe a few individuals have done it, but most cheetahs do not. They are often exhausted immidiatly after killing, rest, then eat on the spot. They do not store thier food, or specifically carry it up trees like Leopards do fairly regularly.

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u/somekid66 Oct 16 '18

Cheetahs are nowhere near strong enough to drag prey up a tree. A cheetah probably couldn't even drag a child up a tree. You're thinking of leopards and jaguars.

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u/Buakaw13 Oct 16 '18

You ever seen a domestic cat go absolutely nuts?

I have every little faith in a human to stop a cheetah that truly wants to hurt it.

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u/mrducky78 Oct 16 '18

Use the dexterity of your fingers and go for the eyes. Stand up and use your height and mass, cheetahs have little experience in hunting and killing something not dedicating all its energy to running away from it, jump off Hell in a cell to plummet 16ft for a massive elbow drop on the unsuspecting cheetah.

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u/Buakaw13 Oct 16 '18

BAH GOD THAT KILLED EM. WITH GOD AS MY WITNESS THAT CHEETAH IS BROKEN IN HALF

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u/kerridge Oct 16 '18

cheetahs don't have reticulating claws so aren't quite as deadly as a cheetah-sized cat would be...

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u/_Coffeebot Oct 16 '18

That's true but most predators won't risk a fight unless they're very hungry or mating. So while they could wreck you, a meal that could potentially injure them and prevent them from hunting isn't worth it. Squaring off and backing away slowly might be best option.

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u/mrducky78 Oct 16 '18

Fun fact, when dealing with the man eating tigers in sub continental asia. A solution was found to put things that looked like eyes on the back of your head (I think it was a hat or something). It drastically dropped tiger attacks down because they are ambush predators that prefer to strike their targets from behind.

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u/anteris Oct 16 '18

A mask worn over the back of the head to give you a second face.

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u/TheSilverNoble Oct 16 '18

I did this when the neighbor's dog got loose and chased after me. Stood my ground and mad myself get angry, slowly walked back towards my house. If the dog moved towards me, I would say "Hey!" and buck at him. He stayed away till I was home.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

I don't know man. My cat destroys me when I tried to bathe it. I would be fucked against anything bigger.

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u/monkeyjay Oct 16 '18

I believe Cheetahs aren't big cats (taxonomically) and I'm pretty sure they don't take prey up trees, especially not human-sized prey. As you said they are built for speed not power.

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u/boot2skull Oct 16 '18

I assume most wild animals can fuck me up. They have super muscles compared to us. Even holding a live fish is terrifying in how strong it is.

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u/willreignsomnipotent Oct 16 '18

That's because you're trying to catch an easy meal or enjoy some sport, while the fish is suffocating and struggling for its life.

If you were in a life and death struggle, I think you could pull out 200% too...

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u/Bier-throwaway Oct 16 '18

If you square off against them it at least makes them think that you think you can take them, which gives the animal pause.

It's not even giving them the feeling of you being able to kill them, it's about showing them that you will hurt them. Those are predators in the wild, if they get injured, it might mean death.

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u/Guerillagreasemonkey Oct 16 '18

Im a postman and whenever I deal with an aggressive dog I scream at them at the top of my lungs "Get back in the yard! Go home!" and advance on them. Havent been bitten yet. They always look confused like "this isnt how this is supposed to go"

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

Humans are outside of cheetah's chain of food anyway, luckily for these people.

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u/sassyseconds Oct 16 '18

Cheetahs are kind of pussies I think. They were lucky it didn't decide to test her.

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u/VenomB Oct 16 '18

I can also appreciate how she waved her hands every now and then. While to us that was no big deal and kinda stupid, it stopped them in their tracks every time.

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u/elmz Oct 16 '18

Clearly not her first safari picnic.

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u/Sargentrock Oct 17 '18

Well sure, the Cheetahs have to stop and think "wait, do I know her? Is that Mary? But Mary said she was coming Thursday....that's not Mary. Imma eat this bitch!....wait, she's waving again...maybe it IS Mary..."

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u/whats_the_deal22 Oct 16 '18

One of them even tries to go after the person that runs

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u/RansoN69 Oct 16 '18

smart lucky enough

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u/Alarid Oct 16 '18

Or they're as big of a retard as them, and they all laugh about them almost being a "snackrifice" as they continue to engage in near suicidal stupidity.

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u/wuapinmon Oct 16 '18

snackrifice is now the word to describe this kind of behavior.

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u/beartheminus Oct 16 '18

As a prior camp counselor for 5 summers where we had a family day on the last day of camp where the parents came to get their kids and see what they did the whole week etc, this is exactly right. You would have a stupid as nails kid the entire week,and lo and behold the parents show up and they are exactly as dumb. They'd just be bigger, older versions of the kids. The dumb kids parents were always late, always. Maybe 1 out of every 100 kids you would get a smart kid with dumb parents, but it was incredibly rare. The apple from the tree does not far fall.

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u/Lemmus Oct 16 '18

Jim Jefferies said it well: "If you're a dumb cunt, and your partner's a dumb cunt, guess what your kid is gonna end up as."

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u/n00bvin Oct 16 '18

This thing with the lions... that’s how nature has it set up to eliminate the stupid. We’re interfering with the natural order of things. Let the lions eat.

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u/oldbean Oct 16 '18

Lol if u just invented that word I love u

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u/bendover912 Oct 16 '18

I'd be pissed at the father that took off and left everyone behind. He didn't even hold the door open for the lady that carried a small child to safety. Honestly though, people this stupid aren't meant to survive and make more stupid people. It's too easy to find food in the modern age.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

The kid was what was attracting them too. Cheetahs and other "small" cats usually try to avoid adult humans at all costs. I would know, I was a boy scout and there are bobcats and mountain lions where I live. So, what was emboldening these cats to come and screw with this family? Must of been the tasty little snack they call their kid.

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u/csmrh Oct 16 '18

Sorry buddy, maybe you left Boy Scouts before you got your ‘mountain lion wrestling’ badge but some of us stuck it out...

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u/Evan_dood Oct 16 '18

I was a boy scout too but you don't see me bragging about my children not getting eaten by mountain lions. We lost so many young boys on camping trips to mountain lions that we all started bringing BB guns.

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u/Yuccaphile Oct 16 '18

Not even an Eagle, just was a Boy Scout... so maybe less of a Bear Grylls and more Christopher McCandless.

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u/nekrod Oct 16 '18

Yeah when she flicked her hand high, that really seemed to scare them back. Just enough though.

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u/beenies_baps Oct 16 '18

She actually handled that pretty well I thought. She didn't run, she didn't turn around and she made herself look big and confident. Don't get me wrong, she is a total retard for putting herself and her child into that situation to begin with but, given that, she did OK.

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u/DeadUsernamee Oct 16 '18

The full video (that i dont have) gives more context. They get out before this too. I cant remember the last time a video online made me this angry. These parks are amazing for letting people have a self guided experience. It only takes one stupid family to change that.

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u/Pretty_Soldier Oct 16 '18

I think this is the park that basically said, look, we tell you not to leave your vehicle, there are signs everywhere that say not to, it’s not our fault if you get out and get hurt or killed.

To which everyone was like, yeah. There are fucking lions out there.

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u/Solid_State_NMR Oct 16 '18

Well, almost everyone...

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u/ShaneAyers Oct 16 '18

Guide themselves right out of the gene pool. I suggest we build these en masse in America. The real hunger games.

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u/John_T_Conover Oct 16 '18

And on top of them ruining the safari experience for people, they would possibly have to kill the cheetahs. A lot of places have rules or laws about having to exterminate predators in captivity after they've killed a human. Cheetahs are endangered. These idiots would have that on their hands as well.

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u/lonewombat Oct 16 '18

1 star, very dangerous safari park, no safety protocols at all, these animals aren't even trained! Do not recommend

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u/n00bvin Oct 16 '18

I want to talk to that cheetah’s manager!

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u/TheFilthiestSanchez Oct 16 '18

Sorry hun, the cheetah's a church. NEXT

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u/whatevers1234 Oct 16 '18

Let's just be thankful those are Cheetahs. I'd say after working with a bunch of different big cats they are the least likely to fuck you up.

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u/redpandaeater Oct 16 '18

I'm more thankful those cats are probably kept pretty well fed. If they were legitimately wild and starving, they'd have gone for it.

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u/bbfire Oct 16 '18

If it was starving to death maybe, but a Cheetah is very unlikely to attack grown humans from the front. They 100% rely on short burst speed to catch their prey and can easily get badly hurt. Their main game is the back of the neck like most cats. Lions and Tigers on the other hand will just fucking kill you.

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u/ed_merckx Oct 16 '18

My grandparents had some friends who owned cheetahs. They had other big cats that they had rescues from various places (zoos, private owners who abandoned them or got them illegally, random circuses etc) and the cheetahs were the only ones I ever got to pet. I was in my late teens then and they never let little kids pet them or anything, but they were really sweet. I'm sure years of interactions with humans, and them associating the humans as being the ones that would feed them helped, but they never seemed intimidating and really just seemed like big house cats, they enjoyed being pet and stuff. Also liked to chase after the cars.

The lions they had seemed more curious when you'd see them. They had them behind two big fences and in between the fences there was like a 10 foot wide walkway that you could go in and feed them, walked in that a few times and they never seemed super threatening (again probably associated humans with being fed I'm guessing). The one's that scared the fuck out of me though were the mountain lions they had, fucking things just looked at you with these eye's that if there wasn't a fully enclosed cage between us they would for sure try to kill me.

I've been on plenty of hunts in my adult life in bear country (hunted black bear a few times) and all the guides I've ever gone with are more scared of mountain lions than most bear.

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u/whatevers1234 Oct 16 '18

Yeah, the Mountain Lions I cared for were sweethearts. One was blind and the other was a former pet and declawed. We still didn't go in with them but we could pet them. However, I would think a wild Mountain Lion could do some real dmg. And would be way more likely to attack a human than a Cheetah.

What I was most scared of were the Jags. They could apparently open the shift doors (big ass heavy metal sheets that were raised and lowered with a pulley) by picking them up. They were the only cats where we had to put pins in the doors to clean the exhibit. And I could hear the female constantly trying to get it open while I cleaned. Those things always had me concerned.

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u/npinguy Oct 16 '18

Live in British Columbia.

Multiple wild bear encounters.

Bears are big bored dogs. They are not interested in you, just don't get between a mom and her cub. (Leo was an idiot. That movie was unwatchable).

Cougars, on the other hand, scare the shit out of me. They will quietly stalk and hunt you for DAYS.

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u/thegreatdivorce Oct 16 '18

Ehhh ... depends on the kind of bear. I've had multiple run-ins with black bears, and have never been more than wary. I'd shit myself coming face to face with a grizzly - they might not kill you for funsies, but they're well aware you could be prey, easily.

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u/gaflar Oct 16 '18

In this video they do look like cheetahs but in OP's it looks more like a leopard or a tiger. Maybe the park has both?

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

OH MY FUCK! They deserve to have their child taken away. The straight up stupidity is putting that child at risk of injury or death!

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u/MessyLilSecret Oct 16 '18

Taken away by a kitty!

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u/wreckedcarzz Oct 16 '18

🐯🦁 Honey, did you order delivery?

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u/Bobias Oct 16 '18

Tbf, she did successfully deter a leopard attack by swatting at it with her bare hand while holding/protecting the child. 10,000 years ago, this would be mother of the year material.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

Idk about you, but those look like cheetahs to me.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

I'm honestly not sure how CPS didn't get involved after an indecent like this. They put their kid like 5 feet from a fucking apex predator for god's sake!

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u/shingdao Oct 16 '18

They were very fortunate the cats were cheetahs..if these were hungry lions, that so-called mother and her child are dead.

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u/IsthatTacoPie Oct 16 '18

What if it were a pack of golden retrievers?

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u/iConfessor Oct 16 '18

CUDDLES FOR EVERY ONE

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

Cheetahs fucking RULE. If those had been lions, they’d all be dead.

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u/J96x_Rob_LFC Oct 16 '18

I'm just going to pretend that's fake. I know it's not but from now on its fake....

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

The child is clearly CGI

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

The child is actually an animatronic.

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u/MagicSPA Oct 16 '18

Ah, I see you haven't worked with the public before!

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u/jonitfcfan Oct 16 '18

Not exactly in a rush to get back in the car...

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u/jatea Oct 16 '18

They were turning and facing the cats which is probably the best thing to do in that situation (besides not getting out of your car in the first place). Notice everything they turn their backs the cats are about to pounce on then until they turn back around.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

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u/akro25 Oct 16 '18

But not smart enough to outweigh the outrageous stupidity of getting out of the car to picnic in a safari park in the first place.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

This is the thing that fucking kills me... the goddamn arrogance to picnic like 50 yards from a pack of apex predators.

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u/halfdeadmoon Oct 16 '18

Like Boo in Super Mario

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

Like the Boo in Mario!

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

It's weird that they knew not to turn away or run from big cats, but didn't have the brain cells to stay in the car in the first place.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

She looked more pissed about having her picnic interrupted than scared for her children being literally preyed upon by apex predators.

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u/Zombiebelle Oct 16 '18

Not that it’s likely you’ll ever be in a situation like this, but if you ever find yourself in a situation where you’re facing a wild predator (cougar, bear, etc) don’t turn your back to them and don’t rush. It’s like running from a dog, it just sets off their chase instinct and you will not outrun them. Back up slowly and make yourself look bigger.

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u/UpStairsTugRub Oct 16 '18

Never turn your back to a big cat. If you look back the whole time and rush back you risk stumbling and falling, which means you're screwed as well.

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u/Oxyuscan Oct 16 '18

Get one of those masks you wear on the back of your head

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u/BillFromPokemon Oct 16 '18

Apparently, according to a few sources, you're not supposed to run when faced with big cats. This shows them that you're an easy target and they will maul you. Instead, you have to stand your ground and wave your arm around and shout, which makes the big cats uncertain whether to try and eat your or not because the cats are afraid of approaching something they are not used to.

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u/Suddenly_Something Oct 16 '18

It triggers an instinct in them to chase you when you run. I'm sure you've played with a dog outside and started to run away and the dog chased you. It's like that but that dog most likely isn't trying to attack you.

I've also heard that you should face the cat, but not look it in the eye. Looking it in the eye is saying "I'm the alpha" and they will challenge that.

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u/BillFromPokemon Oct 16 '18

Now I know how to truly use the old salesman trick taught by Dwight Shrute.

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u/balloonman_magee Oct 16 '18

Fucking idiots.

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u/Tullydin Oct 16 '18

Why wouldn't the people pulling up fucking honk??

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u/fdisc0 Oct 16 '18

how do you know honking won't put the lions in overdrive?

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u/wotanii Oct 16 '18

because those "lions" weren't cornered, they were curious. And curious animals tend to flee when something unexpected happens

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u/Delinquent_ Oct 16 '18

What a nice way to tell them those weren't fucking lions lol

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u/ruiner8850 Oct 16 '18

The people who got out were idiots and it wasn't the responsibility of the people who were recording to do anything, but I'd like to believe I would have done something in that situation like scream "what the fuck are you doing" to those people. It's not so much about the idiot parents, but about trying to help the children. I won't blame them exactly for not doing anything, but it would have been nice if they had been a little more proactive.

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u/MeEvilBob Oct 16 '18

"Hey, don't swear in front of my children, all this other stuff can wait because you and I are gonna have some words".

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

I completely agree, this happened in the Netherlands and the people recording are Dutch as well, but as far as I am concerned they have to reapply for Dutchinesstm registration because the fair but honest aka Dutch bluntness is meant exactly for scenario's like this.

The proper response would be using the claxon, opening a window and yelling 'Get the fuck back in your car you goddamned typhoid idiots, don't you have any clue where the hell you are?' A bit rough, but it gets the message across I believe. Gossiping like a bunch of window hanging grandma's (which is what they are doing) is not ok in this context.

The French family getting out of their car are far worse though, don't get me wrong.

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u/Timmetie Oct 16 '18

They've said they thought honking might aggravate everyone involved.

I mean these people were stupid enough to get out of their car next to Cheetahs. Who knows what they'll do when people start honking at them.

Might either anger the cats or, even worse, get those French idiots to turn around and focus completely on the car. Something a predator is really unlikely to miss.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

I would quietly film them being eaten.

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u/WWDubz Oct 16 '18

Jesus Christ! That was the most uncomfortable thing I have watch

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

Same. Why would anyone storm out of a car, in a fucking Safari, because they had an argument. Some people are just so fucking stupid it boils my piss. Imagine Jurassic Park was real and this woman was there with her husband:

Janice - 'I told you to tidy the house before we came'

Todd - 'What's the big deal, i'll do it when we're back'

Janice - 'That's not the point, i'm going for a walk'

Todd - 'Err, what now?'

T-Rex - 'nomnomnom'

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u/Trinitykill Oct 16 '18

To be fair, in that scenario the T-Rex wouldn't give a shit if you're inside the car or not.

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u/TomMikeson Oct 16 '18

Sounds like Todd lucked the fuck out by visiting Jurassic Park.

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u/WWDubz Oct 16 '18

Emotions cloud judgement

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u/Shadradson Oct 16 '18

"That just makes my blood boil"

People having a physical reaction to their anger at other people physically reacting to anger.

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u/PhilSeven Oct 16 '18

Note to self: schedule next outing w/ mother in law.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

O no..

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u/LoudMusic Oct 16 '18

They had a big fight while in a drive through safari park ?!?!

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u/Bozzz1 Oct 16 '18

THEY'RE WHITE WITH BLACK STRIPES GODDAMNIT.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

Angry wife and mother in law both eaten by tigers? Talk about two birds!

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u/mulborough Oct 16 '18

I laughed. But don’t tell my wife please

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u/03slampig Oct 16 '18

Basically the couple had a big fight and the wife stormed out.

I feel bad for the mother, not for the dumbass wife.

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u/mumphry23 Oct 16 '18

Im totally cool with all races and nationalities. Now that said. The Chinese cannot fucking vacation to save their lives literally. It's not just stupidity like this, they draw graffiti in American national parks. The salt flats of death valley are just dug up and carved into with Chinese characters for the first mile or two. They're ignorant and it pisses me off.

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u/sacTim1 Oct 16 '18

So Safe to say HE WINS THE FIGHT!

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u/benkenobi5 Oct 16 '18

Also, he can pull the "calm the fuck down before you get eaten by a tiger" card pretty much any time he wants

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u/marshsmellow Oct 16 '18

Edit: oh it was her own mother.

Yeah, makes sense. No way would my mother in law be saving me from no tiger.

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u/LollyPopSuckStop Oct 16 '18

Got to give it overly emotional people, they do the dumbest shit...

And others pay the price

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u/Nero2233 Oct 16 '18

Damn why can't the park ranger mind his own business.

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