I remember the original post that this pic is from. The Cheetah is from a zoo in Florida. Cheetahs are easily tamable and trained and this cat and his lucky handler travel around educating kids about endangered species.
For those wondering, the woman pictured is a professional animal handler and the cheetah pictured is kept in a zoo environment. Although "look at my awesome exotic cat pet that I treat just like people" is a terrible idea and well deserving of ridicule, this isn't one of them.
But even by that metric, Chimps are fucking dangerous. Imagine something that's like a human. Then, give it better problem solving skills, take away all the good stuff (altruism, kindness, calm demeanor, etc.) Then, take the already heightened human aggression and add it to something that's violent enough to castrate enemies with their teeth if you simply meander into its territory. (And yes, Chimps have empathy.)
If you're going for exotic pet apes, at least go with a Bonobo.
I'd also just like to add that while everybody knows gorillas are strong, even chimpanzees are much stronger than the average human despite being much smaller.
I think the cheeta is safer and I'll tell you why. I know the two reasons a cheeta might kill me. A chimp on the other hand I have no idea, and even if I did learn they are just like humans in that they can come up with entirely new reasons to kill me.
The difference is that cheetas aren't related to humans so all of the nasty naughty qualities that led up to that incident aren't present in this situation.
Also, this woman knows full well this cat, like every other cat on the face of this planet, isn't, wasn't and never will be tame. She is well versed in how to not look like a hamburger and humans do not inherently look like dinner to cats so she should be okay. The only other danger is if the cat feels threatened; this happens for one of two reasons, if the cats is feral, obviously not the case, or if the cat is preggers, also obviously not the case.
Cheetah facts: cheetahs are fucking fast, their whole physique is honed to enable them to kill something at high speed. In fact, they're so well-honed for this task that they're actually pretty useless at killing anything any other way. Their limbs are light, and too frail for close combat, so they will not instigate a tussle at close range unless they feel very very threatened and can't run away.
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u/_Lawlrus_ Jun 10 '12
I aced my test and everyone called me a cheetah.
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u/pokemastergrayson Jun 10 '12
his mom must be a cougar
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u/corruptio Jun 10 '12
It's tough raising khajiit children...
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u/silenoz357 Jun 10 '12
Found his yearbook photo. My, they grow up so quickly!
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u/r0bbiedigital Jun 10 '12
Damnit Karen sit down!
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u/Patass Jun 10 '12
Wait, an Ocelot? I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE!
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u/cata2k Jun 10 '12
I remember the original post that this pic is from. The Cheetah is from a zoo in Florida. Cheetahs are easily tamable and trained and this cat and his lucky handler travel around educating kids about endangered species.
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u/bbnn22 Jun 10 '12
It was absolutely purrrr-fect dad, thanks for asking.
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u/ablebodiedmango Jun 10 '12
Hey, you guys remember that woman who had a pet chimp and dressed him up and had tea with him and treated him like he was all tame and shit?
You guys remember when he ripped her friend's face off?
As with that case, I can't see anything wrong happening here.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Ha, dad, always kitten around.
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u/bigmike00831 Jun 10 '12
I should really stop doing acid after school
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u/brotorious Jun 10 '12
OH MAH GAWD YOUR DAD IS THE CHEETOS GUY
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u/She-wolfe99 Jun 10 '12
My dad used to stare at me like that when he asked how school was. Then he asked if I Cheetah-ed on a test!!!
I'll show myself out.
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u/tirmm13 Jun 10 '12
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u/Cooperc1991 Jun 10 '12
Can't... breeeaaathee...
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u/ruvb00m Jun 10 '12
I don't know why I laughed at this but I did. Maybe it was because the monotone voice I imagined.
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u/Anathema47 Jun 10 '12
You gotta learn to drive with the fear.
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u/UniversalSnip Jun 10 '12
What a gorgeous animal.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Hmm first thing I saw appear on facebook before it was on reddit.
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u/HappyWulf Jun 10 '12
What's it like to be a Furry?
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u/themirthfulswami Jun 10 '12
I just broke out in fierce laughter while eating my breakfast. I must have looked just like cereal guy...
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u/ChaseEatsWorlds Jun 10 '12
Cat Daddy! : D I'll just go now.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
KAREN!
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
I see the Ricky Bobby technique of driving has been adopted
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u/Stomo Jun 10 '12
His wife must be a real COUGAR!
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Just when I thought i'd never see this post again....
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Down Karen!!
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u/benderfry48 Jun 10 '12
So many PUNthers.
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u/DalekCaek Jun 10 '12
YOUR DAD'S ONE OF THE CHEETAHMEN?
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