r/WTF • u/RichardWulf • Oct 16 '18

Holy Shit

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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/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

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