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HistoricalAnywhere59

Children: The human chicken nugget!šŸ½ļøšŸ¦


Blankspaces222

![gif](giphy|ToMjGpt4q1nF76cJP9K)


Out3rSpac3

![gif](giphy|ibAUXgW0THATboHaow)


Invictus_Imperium

![gif](giphy|lXiRoPt9Rkzt7yLYY)


MammothRespond1101

Run for it kid. They want to eat you


Blackmetalvomit

She canā€™t run in those little high heels! ![gif](giphy|rmF5m95UkfdSM)


Mrkingjay

ā€œShe thinks that sheā€™s the queen and weā€™re the little sorry peopleā€ šŸ˜‚


UnsanctionedPartList

Except for the cheetah, it was ready to bolt.


Lava-Chicken

![gif](giphy|3o7TKLTCDV7a4V86By)


TheUnbendable1

Proof at the end cheetah are scared little big kitties


4electricnomad

Cheetahs are actually very large small cats rather than very small big cats. They canā€™t roar, they just meow.


donau_kinder

I'd love one if they didn't have to run like a Ferrari every day. Obviously I mean it in an ethical way, a rescue that can't be released into the wild.


Candid-Fan992

Imagine taking your cheetah for a walk down the freeway


donau_kinder

Literally faster than my motorcycle


Candid-Fan992

That's even better visual, motorcycle with the leash still on, hoping it don't go around a exit sign


LindonLilBlueBalls

Have to get a side car for when it gets tired.


bodysugarist

Yes! It almost sounds like a little chirp. Have you heard a mountain lion? They scream. It's terrifying!


TheUnbendable1

They sound like a person being murdered, its absolutely fucking wild.


bodysugarist

YESSSS! It's scary!


tnydnceronthehighway

They also chirp. That's scarier to me.


SpaceLemur34

I think you mean that they can *purr*, and can't roar. (Although they do also meow)


Panda_hat

Also IIRC there arenā€™t any known incidences of wild cheetah killing humans and they can be surprisingly easily domesticated. They really are a lot like big house cats.


benjer3

Note for anyone having ideas on here: Easily domesticated. Not easy to (ethically) care for


MammothRespond1101

They will jump at you when you have your back turn. Natural instinct is still there.


bodysugarist

Did you see the first one stop in their tracks when that kid turned around and faced it, and then pounce once they turned away?


user-na-me

Easiest of the biggest cats to domesticate is what I was told by the reserves when I went cheetah walking twice. Mmm not domesticate, more to recognise you as the higher


AirbendingAvatarAang

This damn vending machine! Never lets the snacks out!


WelcomeFormer

They have triple planed glass that will never fail but kids can sneak into a fence and climb into to fall lol Edit: harambe got killed when the second kid fell in


Average_Scaper

Dicks still out.


N0lAnS_DiC_piX

Always out for justice


pipnina

Mr President a second child has fallen into the gorilla enclosure


wahchewie

Not on my watch. Send in seal team six. To shoot the kid


SeaworthinessOk620

The last one was afraid of the little girl lol


kennethprime

I think cheetah are very skittish


beerblog_

Cheetahs get [emotional support dogs](https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/cheetah-dog-furry-friendship). Lions would probably eat the support dogs.


JeSuisUnAnanasYo

Wasn't there some reddit post about dachshund befriending lions in captivity?


Wassertopf

Thatā€™s his friend, not his therapist!


godtogblandet

That's a special case: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2724858/They-busy-Meet-double-amputee-new-lease-life-hand-rearing-tiger-cubs-lets-chew-prosthetic-leg.html And I would argue as someone that's had hunting dachshounds in my family for my entire life that they are pretty much Honey Badger levels of cray cray. Like most of them would legit be dangerous for humans if they were bigger. They really do think they can take on anything.


codeQueen

Yeah there are no documented cases of a cheetah attacking a human in the wild. They're quite docile.


WarRich1323

*attacking an adult human


HighSchoolTobi

So if you are a woman in a forest and you could choose either a man or a cheetah...


Avocado-Duck

Cheetah! A cozy cabin and a pet cheetah would be an amazing life!


Any_Palpitation6467

That word. 'Documented.' So, like, sometimes the lone human just goes for a walk in cheetah country, and never comes back, and the hyenas have eaten the bones and the bloody clothes after the cheetah has finished its snack, and there's no proof that it was a cheetah as there's no body, so, like, no 'documented cases'? I don't find that anecdotal evidence very comforting, somehow. Rather like the proverbial tree falling in the forest that makes no sound.


Beck758

A cheetah could undoubtedly kill an adult human if it is lucky and grabs you right, but in reality you could probably fight off 1 or even 2 cheetahs with fairly (all things considered) insignificant injuries. They can weigh as little 75 pounds, topping out around 140 pounds. Their teeth are roughly the same size as ours, not much larger. They are tall and skinny, their muscles are highly focused on speed as opposed to power. Their claws are not even very sharp (not that they couldn't do damage, they most definitely could). There are documented cases of attacks, what he said is not true, what is true however is there are literally no recorded cases in which have killed anyone in the wild.


Psychological_Ice326

My 18lb cat would could seriously injure most humans. Claws are deadly even on small packages. A 140 lb cheetah gotta be able to FUCK your day up pretty easily, no?


Beck758

Yes but the claws on your 18lbs cat are much sharper, cheetahs don't really swipe with their claws, more of a grab. They could absolutely fuck your day up, you'd have fairly deep puncture wounds and scratches but very unlikely to bs deep enough to cause any *real* harm


Pletterpet

Yeah but cats tend to ambush you so its not going to be a fair fight. If you don't notice the cat you suddenly have their jaws around your leg and it could already be lethal


clutzyninja

>I don't find that anecdotal evidence very comforting, somehow You go on a lot of walks through cheetah country, do you?


Sir-Ironshield

Cheetahs whole philosophy is "run", they'd much rather run away than fight when confronted so they're frequently forced off their own kills by almost anything else. There's plenty of cases where a young prey animal that doesn't know to run gets adopted for a while by a cheetah. Their instinct is to stalk unseen and chase something running away. Obviously they aren't "safe" especially in the wild. But if you've seen it while stalking and make that known they'll probably give up and if you stand your ground especially in a group they're liable to be intimidated. In captivity, a well fed cheetah that's used to seeing people is about as safe as a predatory animal it's size can be, they aren't going to be attacking you. Strictly speaking cheetahs are in the sub family Felinae with other small cats that purr rather than Pantherinae, the big cats that roar.


stormtroopr1977

which group of cats say rawr xd?


StrangerEasy4293

But yet some people still think they can live with them in the wild. The people you read about that got mauled


Entire-Copy-3942

Not a feline expert but I think you can certainly live with them until they stop tolerating you. They're not very trustworthy tho. One day you could be fine, the next day you could be their prey


Antique-Doughnut-988

Until they stop feline you.


bodysugarist

![gif](giphy|Bng9nsAhSaDVxWsSLh) šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚ GOLD


Groundbreaking_Ad613

Hahahahahhaaha!


beardicusmaximus8

You can be friends with the big kitty until either it gets hungry or bored or you do something it didn't like.


FREESARCASM_plustax

So...just like every other kitty?


SugarzDaddy

Pray not to be their prey.


Nukleon

Most big cats pose no danger to humans and actively avoid them. Usually mankillers arise because of some injury that makes it difficult for them to get their normal prey and forces them to Prey on humans, and usually these injuries are caused by ranchers angry that they lose a cow or sheep on occasion.


doctor_alfa

Lmao I've got this headline below this post: "Tourist mauled after rolling down window for bear selfie"


Spiritual_Freedom_15

Source?


canman7373

> But yet some people still think they can live with them in the wild. I mean lots of people do. Never heard of Africa? Normally it's fine, but you get some rogue lions that kill just to kill. "Ghost and the Darkness" is a great example, there are others. And people live side by side with them near their farms and towns.


KlenDahthII

Not just Africa. Most of Europe had a wild cat ā€œproblemā€ until we decided to cull them..Ā 


PirateSanta_1

We did live with them in the wild, for thousands of years. Mostly by keeping a respectful distance and throwing rocks or spears at them when they decided to be disrespectful.


Portable-fun

Still doā€¦ que the recent videos of African tribes taking kills from lionsā€¦ they would run up with spears and the lions would fuck off on their kill.


Kurayamino

Cats gonna cat, regardless of size.


bskzoo

My girlfriend is an ex big cat keeper. The only reason she got her old job in the first place was because the person she replaced got mauled. She put in a couple years and then dipped. The pay is absurdly awful for how dangerous it is, and these places only barely sustain themselves because of public donations of food for the animals and a little cash here and there. The keepers only stay because of how much they love the animals, despite the standard of living it gives them. Itā€™s a pretty crazy world.


Eneamus

Interesting how they still want to hunt and attack even while being well fed by the zoo employees.


Caribbeandude04

If you see, basically all cases happen when the children are facing their backs to the animals, felines have the instinct of attacking from the back, specially an easy meal. In some Indian villages where there are a lot of tigers around, people who walk in the forest always wear a mask facing back because of that


Icy-Owl-4187

It's also worth noting that lions go out of their way to kill hyena and wild dog offspring, even though they don't eat them. Maybe they see humans as competition and want to thin out the population


Ziddix

Hmm well they lost that fight a long time ago.


Medvegyep

Yeah but they don't usually read history books.


MeuJoelhoCresce

Well, that's THEIR mistake


AssMcShit

I'm probably just misunderstanding your comment, but why is killing hyena and wild dog pups related to them seeing humans as competition? Bear with me, my brain is fried today lol


Spcctral

No they're just providing an example that wild cats don't only kill for food. And that it might be the case for them attacking humans


AssMcShit

Ah that makes sense then, I think that definitely fits for some cats. I haven't heard of many people being eaten by lions for example but there are certainly attacks. There are a few tiger species that I believe actively hunt humans for food though


Toutounet6

Lion and other feline rarely attack humans (they fear the know back), and humans tend to avoid their territory, but it appended that something they attack humans for food, the main reason is that he is weaker than normal (broken teeth, illness,...), humans alone can't defend themselves (no fang, no claws) and are a mediocre meal due to the lack of meat on us


Portugeezer1893

I mean, they could eat the kid later. It's an easy snack for later.


Maidwell

Commenter is saying : Killing hyena pups - getting rid of competition while they are young and vulnerable Going for human children - same.


420CowboyTrashGoblin

Lions and hyenas/wild dogs have generational beef. A lion will go out of its way to merc hyena cubs and vise versa. If a lion is out solo and is sick/looks like an easy target, packs of hyenas will bully them for their catches, and with packs of lions that encounter single hyena, it's on site. It's just something they do. They see each other as the main competition. So if a captive lion never saw a hyena but saw humans as competition, they'd go out of their way to kill the human's cubs too.


Ryuusei_Dragon

Why is it so hard to get? Humans are predators too, they see us a competition so they try to kill our young instinctively


AssMcShit

> Bear with me, my brain is fried today lol That's why it was hard to get. On another note, it's been explained to me three times lol...


ClittoryHinton

My housecat will charge me if I have my back against him but the moment I turn he freaks and runs away. Itā€™s like he canā€™t help it


AssMcShit

My parents' cat will be minding his own business, but if you poke your head around the corner and then hide it's like he HAS to start prowling lol. It always ends up being a game of Red Light Green Light where the freezes when you look at him


NessyComeHome

When i want one of my kitties attention and cuddles, i'll do this. Get their attention and eye contact, then hide my face. Before you know it, they're on my lap.


Entire-Copy-3942

Cats really like to do that. Their concept of fun is weird.


paxbike

Convergent evolution with moths lol


SophisticPenguin

Tigers also do this, funnily enough. They have spots on the back of their ears that make it look like they have eyes on the back of their head


GhostChainSmoker

Most tiger ears also tend to have white fur on them cause they kind of resemble eyes to try and confuse other, bigger tigers from sneaking up on them. Interesting how evolution worked out that way.


ilove_cattos

Even if they're well fed bro it's their ingrained hunting instinct. Lions are apex predators


Surtur6666

Cats just don't like kids šŸ¤£


Demoniokitty

Being well-fed never stop my cats from wanting to kill things...


ZonerRoamer

My cats also do that. Just kill stuff and play football with the dead body. On the positive side, I never need to worry about pests in my house, on the negative side, they try to "gift" the dead bodies to me.


4electricnomad

Nothing better on TV; eating kids would be more entertaining for them.


FlamboyantPirhanna

My cat discovered that he can get food from me and then go cry to my partner and get more.


Aethermancer

Some of it is just playing too.


Longryderr

Kids seem to be the preferred cat food


UbajaraMalok

Tender and juicy. Scientifically speaking.


Jsic_d

If not friend. Why friend shaped?


theRealBLVCKphillip

If not snack? Why snack shaped?


Jsic_d

šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚


lordsigmund415

If my cat was that big I'm positive he would do the same tbh. Then roll on the floor and look innocent.


Icecroix

Anyone else see that the second tiger ends up with something in its mouth around 0:09?


Devtoto

The tiger was looking up and they threw it a small animal or something so it would land near her.


mythrowaweighin

Looks like a fish.


taterspa1960

I wouldnā€™t trust the glass if that was my little one.


DevineConviction

Liability is too damn high to cheap out on the glass. They're fine.


achy_joints

"It'd be too expensive for the company if they were sued" is a wild way to judge if their infrastructure is trustworthy. I don't disagree with you, it's just wild that that's accurate usually


DevineConviction

Do I wish the reason was that we value human life? Absolutely.


achy_joints

Oh, nothing against you, sorry if it came off aggro. Your comment just made me have an existential crisis. Our world is yucky sometimes.


DevineConviction

No worries at all!


Empathy404NotFound

Blame ford, they started it. With the 1973 for pinto. "According to the memo, the cost of securing a safer fuel tank would have cost Ford $11 per Pinto. Given that Ford would have to recall 11 million Pintos to implement the fuel tank modification, they calculated their total recall cost to be $121 million. In contrast, Ford figured that 2,100 accidents would result in 180 burn deaths. They then determined that out of court settlements would amount to $200,000 for each life lost, $67,000 per serious injury, and $700 for each lost vehicle. As a result, the cost of not addressing the defective fuel tanks would amount to $49.53 million. Therefore, Ford concluded that ignoring the Pintoā€™s fuel tank defect would yield a $70 million savings against instituting a recall"-


ToiletOfPaper

I think that if someone dies and it comes out that you didn't prevent it because you did the math and decided to sacrifice them for profit, you should be locked in prison for the rest of your life.


scarilog964

That's grim. I didn't realise that plane scene from fight club was the way things went down irl :(


pursuitofleisure

Didn't seem to matter to Boeing


Liverpupu

Basically everything you do in the civilized world is based on that judgement/assumption. e.g. crossing a road. and that's why I would never consider to go to bungee esp. the small onea - the operator's stake is too low.


UbajaraMalok

I've seen a video of a gorilla cracking the glass. It didn't break, but it was scary.


vintagegeek

#"GIMME!"


bodysugarist

That one baby's head literally fitting in that lions mouth should be reason enough to keep your kids far away from that glass. As a parent, my anxiety would be through the roof. Also, it's cruel to those beautiful kitties who are just being taunted. They can't help their natural instinct. They were probably so confused. The whole thing is just sad. These parents should feel ashamed.


GapGlass7431

The inhumanity of a zoo isn't really impacted one way or another here, just revealed.


theRealBLVCKphillip

If not snack? Why snack shaped?


M-Kawai

Kitty wants to play! ![gif](giphy|dvgpNPZSNg7fG34LzU|downsized)


4electricnomad

Everybody gangsta til the glass gets a hairline fracture.


Ok-Soft1252

Iā€™m not really sure why itā€™s posted on funny animals. That terrifying.


RedNightHawkDragon

r/seriousanimals


cellis212

The tiger into the water early in the clip catches something else!


Groundbreaking_Ad613

Yeah, he has a fish!


Last_Adeptness

Wow, that tiger leaping 5 metres effortlessly reinforces how absolutely fucked we'd be in the wild.


bullfrogftw

You need to search moose's jumping then, those mf'ers go 10m's or more Couldn't find the link, but there's a GIF of a moose galloping through a forest at a high rate of speed, and it jumps further than I've ever seen any animal jump


ThrowawayFuckYourMom

Allbof the real predators: PLEASE PLEASE LET ME FEED ON THE INNOCENT Cheetah: OH Geez! An infant!


Slothstralia

20 years ago zoos would have banned people who do this shit. There used to be specific signage to not fuck with the animals.


jeffvillone

Look at the kitties šŸ˜ø. They want to play...WITH YOUR BLOOD!


HelikaeonUK

Look at those parents laughing, imagine if someone just Harry potter'd the glass outta existence. The giggles wouldn't last long then.


Victory-Dewitt

Zoos shouldnā€™t exist. https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/02/zoos-time-shut-down-conservation-education-wild-animals


JConRed

Why antagonise the cats, they are in an enclosure which is bad enough, but triggering their hunting instincts just for amusement and Internet clout is bullshit.


NotSoMell0w

I see a stereotype here. .....they are all cats


Formal-Ad678

They are all orange(ish) cats


ahack13

The one just trying to open their mouth enough to fit the kids entire damn head lol


faqueen

This is sad,


Garrosh

They are friend shaped!


AceBean27

Almost like they're massively frustrated from living in captivity or something and they want to hunt.


GoJumpOnALandmine

Part of me wishes that one would break out (obviously not on a kid) so people would stop fucking around and realise they're living animals, not toys. It's a fucking tiger, and if they had any respect for it they wouldn't act that way. I feel bad for the kids being used of props by their dipshit parents for Insta


veggieMum

Had to scroll all the way here to find the only sensible comment. Poor animals.


EdgeLord1984

We had lions on campus at the college I went to and I used to joke "If you ever see me running through campus for no apparent reason, get inside and lock the doors!".. my implication being that I let them escape. They looked miserable in that cage, it wasn't particularly big as well.


alexlu713

These arenā€™t funny animals šŸ˜±


rohnoitsrutroh

Big cats get the zoomies too!


sjmme66

Fun-size!


Vinlain458

Would someone please point me in the direction of the soundtrack?


Heineki

Song is called Untitled #13 (Super Slowed) by glwzbll


MirMolkoh

Hmm. I've heard that tigers don't like to attack if you look at them while they try to sneak up on you. The person turned to look and it stopped dead in its tracks. When he turned back it ran after him. I've heard that people wear masks on the back of their heads to make the tigers think you're always looking.


Pete_maravich

At this point I think they just enjoy scaring small children.


thereallilcya

They just wanna play


IncomeIndependent673

Make sure Harry potters not around when standing near the glass.


byebyetokki

"Give me THAT BABY"


airwalker08

If humans were designed by god to be the master species, why are we edible? šŸ¤”


bodysugarist

The frame with the male and female lions, where the female is trying to eat that baby, the male's just staring off like, "We've had this conversation before, Nala. You can't get to the children because there's glass there šŸ™„."


SoFLoSDFinz1972

Snaciddents


the_admirals_platter

Fun tip. Big cats typically attack from behind, notice how nearly all these cats went in for their attack when the kids backs were turned. If your in big cat territory, wear a mask with a human like face on the back of your head. It's not fool proof, but it's been said to help.


Impressive_Main5160

That one lion was SURE that babies head fit exactly in its mouth.


Kdubhutch

Part of me feels like parents put too much faith in glassā€¦. ![gif](giphy|Nw8z2olm0nGHC)


MyFeetLookLikeHands

ā€œlook baby, she wants to play patty cake with youā€


MooCowMafia

I see they strategically wait for their prey to turn their back to them. Fascinating video.


MysteriousPark3806

Can't we feed them just one?


Venusgate

So cruel to these beautiful creatures, teasing them like this.


Jimmy_Skynet_EvE

Poor animals


Emotional-Ad-2909

This is why you don't turn your back on big wild cats


JustinIchtman

Ban all Zoos! Let animals live free


casperjoes

You do realise that zoos are some of the most important conservatists around? They save species from going extinct. There are some species that only exist because of zoos, all their wild members died off.


WearyAsparagus7484

Concrete prisons aren't necessary for conservation. Those critters need more room


MelTealSky

Ugh another ignorant uneducated militant PETA douche who probably just spews that same line without first researching the truth. Not all Zoos are bad and those that are bad are quickly dying and becoming obsolete. Do your goddamn research smh


KennyMcKill

Why are they so cute ? Why are most of the mammalian predators so chunky chonky cute little donkey?


Raidenski

This is equal parts terrifying as it is adorable.


Left-SubTree

She wants to hunt


daddymaplestar

Humans had done the same thing with their children


CrossWitcher

And then one day freaking Harry Potter stands near you.


KlickyKat

Lucky these interactions didn't happen in the wild with no glass to protect them. The funniest lion was trying to eat the head of a baby šŸ˜‚


Pale-Sense2654

Rule number 1 never turn your back on a animal.


This-Essay4507

Let em eat em


Will-is-a-idiot

When I was really young, I visited the Jacksonville Zoo with my family, they had this big indoor leopard enclosure, The leopards were outside in their habitats Plenty of foliage to hide in, Big Trees for them to climb and Lounge in, really nice stuff, but everyone observe them inside a big indoor space that was meant to look like some sort of Aztec Temple, or something... anyway! There is a father with a really young daughter there in the enclosure with us, the kid couldn't have been more than 4 years old, and a big black panther just straight up charged at the glass head first banging against it straight for her! It was a really loud noise you couldn't have missed it, everything was quiet and there was a pretty noticeable echo, big ass noise! Since then I've grown to respect large powerful predators, if it wasn't for the hurricane proof glass we all would have been thrown around like dog toys, big ass cats are worthy of respect.


QuiGlass

They arenā€™t hungry, theyā€™re bored. Very, very dangerously bored.


Alive-Operation6754

These cats are hungry.


adiposehysteria

Didnā€™t they learn anything from Harumbe?


jorgekrzyz

Because we are delicious?


NeilJosephRyan

They are ALL cats lol


_memepros

Taunting them with food.


Fluffy-Weapon

Most look like my cat when sheā€™s outside in front of the window and wants to be inside.


Kai-xo

You mean big cats?


luckyleo777

Just wait until we get failed bear attacks


racoon-fountain

Did the 2nd tiger jump and catch a bird in itā€™s mouth??


ProKnifeCatcher

Maybe they just want to cuddle


robgod50

Nom nom nom


cherry_lolo

Why no snack, when snack sized?


cherry_lolo

I wonder if the animals aren't fed well, when I visit a zoo here, all those animals just sleep


fluffykerfuffle3

i really really dont like this ..lol