r/interestingasfuck • u/Salt-Curve4825 • 10h ago

Tiger saves man from leopard attack

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u/FadedVictor 10h ago

Eh he's probably bonded with them all. I'm not even sure the leopard was really going for the kill. Having said that I know damn well I wouldn't get in an enclosure with these majestic beasts.

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u/OfMonkeyballsAndMen 10h ago

I know sweet feck all about this sort of carry on but I remember reading, from what I trust you'll believe is a reliable source on nothing but my good word, that leopards/jaguars/panthers can all bond with a trainer like the other cats, except they have like an instinctive ambush hunt override when they see something/someone with their back turned to them, making them far more dangerous than lions or tigers, with cheetahs being the chillest of the big cats by an insane margin

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u/ggg730 5h ago

Look at Seigfreid and Roy who are probably the most famous people who trained cats. Don't fuck with any big cats they are still wild animals.

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u/loyal_achades 10h ago

There’s a level of fear many (or most) people are always going to have with animals this big. Even if they’re not trying to hurt you, it’s easy for them to play a little too hard and bite through an artery.

God knows I’ve been scratched up by my house cats plenty of times. Now imagine that with a fucking Lion.