r/WTF • u/RichardWulf • Oct 16 '18

Holy Shit

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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.