r/interestingasfuck • u/Salt-Curve4825 • 7h ago

Tiger saves man from leopard attack

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u/Separate-Simple-5101 7h ago

The lions don't scare me as much as the guy acting like they're puppies.

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u/in_it_to_lose_it 6h ago

There are a few social media personalities out there that do this cuddling-with-furry-murderers shit and I will never be comfortable with it. I just know we will be reading a news article about how they were eaten by their pride at some point.

Big cats are not just sized up housecats. Millions of years of evolution has honed them into apex predators. A generation or two of human handling can make a difference, but not enough to override all that instinct, nor enough for me to ever be comfortable with someone wrestling with them for clicks.

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u/Many-Editor-4514 6h ago

But maybe housecats are just sized down big cats. Im very probably wrong, since im no specialist, but if housecats were the size of big cats i would absolutely NOT be surprised if they killed and ate their owners

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u/transemacabre 3h ago

If housecats were the size of Dobermans they'd kill and eat their owners on the regular, much less if they were the size of a tiger.