#cheetahs

[mysticalhiss]

would anyone like some Creatureposting?

Just did some conservation work experience and I feel like some of you might enjoy the lions.

[knightowl-studios]

30/45-min gesture sketches before bed. Referenced from this footage via the Houston Zoo.

[hiimyvesie]

New idea for when I’m bored:

Search for cheetah plushies on Pinterest.

Or a drinking game idea:

Search “cheetah” on Pinterest and take a shot every time leopard/leopard print shows up instead.

[hiimyvesie]

Cheetahs are dog cats and foxes are cat dogs

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[pridewishes]

♔ || CHEETAH ICONS

250x250 || bisexual || bordered circle

like / rb + credit + read dni if using

requested by anon !!

[liyisok]

Cheetahs, lions, leopards, panthers, and tigers are so cute when they're not trying to eat you alive.

[thethingsicantsayopenly]

Looking up human genetic history, I came upon something interesting.

The last human genetic bottleneck happened between 12,000 and 7,000 years ago.

The cheetah also had a genetic bottleneck - 12,000 to 10,000 years ago.

Cheetahs are notoriously non-aggressive toward humans. They'll hop up onto guided safari vehicles full of tourists to use them as vantage points. There are documented cases of mother cheetahs leaving their cubs with wildlife photographers for short periods. They're as highly-strung as certain breeds of dogs. They have even been kept as hunting animals and pets, and walked on a leash as far back as Ancient Egypt.

Maybe, once upon a time, before the invention of writing, cheetahs were fully domesticated... or at least tame enough that being trusting of humans became instinctive. Perhaps the same events that caused the human population bottleneck also caused the cheetah population to be dangerously reduced, the surviving individuals going feral... but deep down, at a genetic level, they remember us as safe to be around.

OK, so there's no way to prove any of this, but it's a nice thought, isn't it?

After all, if not friend, why friend shaped?

[dopescissorscashwagon]

Cheetah

Eindhoven Zoo - The Netherlands

📸 by @mandennophotography

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