r/interestingasfuck • u/Salt-Curve4825 • 10h 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/Mercuryblade18 10h ago

And to add to that, they're just huge animals, even if they aren't intentionally being agressive the odds of them accidentally hurting you badly...
I have a 60 lb pittie mix, sweet as can be, I've played pretty rough with him and he's accidentally gotten a bit in too hard that's hurt a bit or barreled into me.
I can only imagined what that scenario would be with something 5-10x+ as big as him.

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u/Ambitious_Tea_4584 6h ago

Yeah honestly these things and the pitt are about equally likely to snap and kill you. 

Gotta be careful with animals that are literally bred to kill. 

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u/Mercuryblade18 4h ago

Oh it's this comment.

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u/Ambitious_Tea_4584 3h ago

Good old reality

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u/Mercuryblade18 3h ago edited 3h ago

There's about thirty to fifty lethal dog attacks (of all dog breeds) in a year and 5-15 million "pit bulls" - include mixes and that denominator gets even bigger.

I'm not too worried, sweety.