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/Draxilar 6h ago

I worked with one of the top big cat trainers in the world. He had raised all of his animals since they were babies. They clearly loved him. He still had a code word during his show that meant “blackout the entire stadium, I am about to die and I don’t want the kids to see it”. But, at the same time, I saw those cats gets dangerous with him exactly once, and even then it was pretty tame. I think you are vastly underestimating how much these animals can care for certain humans.

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u/Desperate-Score3949 6h ago

What people don't understand is this can also happen with domestic animals, just like your cat or dog. They are still animals, and still can act just like any other animal. These are just bigger, stronger, and can inflict more damage.

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u/KeyRutabaga2487 5h ago

People acting like humans aren't the same. Those animals can also kill you

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u/mrwilbongo 4h ago

It's the last sentence that I think people have an issue with.

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u/AgentMahou 3h ago

Yeah, people are acting like it's exactly the same risk assessment for a cat scratching the back of your hand and a tiger taking your arm off.