Cheetahs at play....

[Tev]

Cutest....funniest....weirdest damn thing I've read all morning (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1246886/Pictured-Three-cheetahs-spare-tiny-antelopes-life--play-instead.html)

Hello little antelope, would you like to play with us?

Coming from three deadly cheetahs, it's the kind of invitation that's best refused - but amazingly, this impala escaped unscathed from its encounter.

Luckily for the youngster, it seems these three male cheetahs simply weren't hungry.

'They knocked it down, but then they lost interest,' said Michel. 'For more than 15 minutes, they remained with the young antelope without doing anything other than licking it or putting their paws on the impala's head.'

Even more extraordinarily, this story has a happy ending - after one tense moment when it looked as though one cheetah would bite the impala on the neck, the youngster ran away.


These pictures are
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/01/29/article-1246886-07F4E916000005DC-834_964x540.jpg
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/01/29/article-1246886-07F4E5E7000005DC-780_964x437.jpg
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/01/29/article-1246886-07F4E8DE000005DC-817_964x757.jpg

So yeah, it's nice to see that predator and prey can take a moment off the food chain just to have some fun.

[Archbio]

The cutest thing is that the cheetahs weren't hungry because they just ate the impala's parents.

[Tev]

Yeah, isn't that just wonderful?

EDIT: This could be a Disney movie some day. It'd be like Lion King meets Bambi.

[Azisien]

*clears throat*

D'AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW WWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mirai Gen]

Seems like it could be just bullying him around. Like, "Hah, check out what I can do to the shrimp!"

[Tev]

Naw did you see that second picture? Clearly this is a pred/pray slash fic in the making.

[Seil]

Need I remind everyone that Damn nature, you scary! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSBURkKin_8)

[bluestarultor]

Naw did you see that second picture? Clearly this is a pred/pray slash fic in the making.

Man, and most people would be happy with twincest pred/prey. You've got a whole third cheetah in there! Somewhere, someone is drooling. XD



In all seriousness, this is only more evidence that cheetahs are totally awesome. :D

[Tev]

Really I like the contrast with how striking and deadly cheetah’s faces look when profiled with the dumb slack-jawed stare of the impala.

[bluestarultor]

Really I like the contrast with how striking and deadly cheetah’s faces look when profiled with the dumb slack-jawed stare of the impala.

Is it wrong that I don't see cheetahs as threatening at all? It's wrong, isn't it? :sweatdrop

Edit: To be specific, there's never been a wild cheetah attack on a human, only one I know of in captivity (and the lady stole her way into their enclosure at night, so castle clause), and they tame ridiculously easily and essentially become analogous to dogs. I have a hard time being afraid of them.

Edit: While (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2yMLq-dmok) we're (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hXexAzjhEk&feature=related) on (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T28wPqewdRQ&feature=related) the (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kCAMCXCMDM&feature=related) subject (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUeYdjZJJBM&feature=related) of (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1r3m-xGR9QM&feature=related) three (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw0laAURCiY&feature=related) cheetahs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmryEpuDitI&feature=related)...

[stefan]

the expression on the front cheetah's face in the third pic is fucking gold.

[Tev]

I love how the one in the first picture looks while he's head-pawing the food.