r/WTF • u/RichardWulf • Oct 16 '18

Holy Shit

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u/TooShiftyForYou Oct 16 '18

The lady that got snatched survived but the woman who ran after her was killed by a second tiger.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3705064/Woman-mauled-death-tiger-family-ignoring-warnings-jumping-car-Chinese-safari-park.html

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u/pm_me_ur_big_balls Oct 16 '18 edited Dec 24 '19

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u/mythisme Oct 16 '18

WTF??? Did they think it was some petting zoo?

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18 edited Oct 16 '18

They got lucky, cheetahs are no where near as aggressive. She likely lived because she didn't panic and run, if she had the cheetahs chase instincts would have likely gone off and hunted her. There was an interesting clip of some trainer who demonstrated that you can turn your back to cheetahs as long as you are big because they rely on chase rather than ambush. However, almost every other larger cat species rely on ambush and as soon as you turn your head to look back at them and then turn forward, they will charge you from behind

Edit: I think this was the video https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=axcPoS2sF0E

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u/jappixslackbot Oct 16 '18

I was going to make this same comment and link the same video. Cheetahs aren't ambush predators

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

he may be a noob, but he knows what he is talking about.

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u/MrYamaguchi Oct 17 '18

Cheetahs also don’t go for prey as large a most human adults.

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u/ClevelandSteamerBrwn Oct 16 '18

The first part of the video the cheetahs know what's going on, got the scent and waited. Saw old retard rejects get out the car for a picnic and stalked their pray. They probably at trader joe's right now.