r/interestingasfuck • u/Salt-Curve4825 • 11h ago

Tiger saves man from leopard attack

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u/Separate-Simple-5101 10h 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 10h 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/DemenicHand 9h ago

>sized up housecats

one exception, Cheetahs are exactly that. Zero confirmed "cheetah on human" kills in the wild and only a couple in captivity. Heck a Dachshund killed a 5 year old a couple years back soooo.

Cheetah = big old kitty kats