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Nightmare
Original Poster
4,435 posts
153 months
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cindychops
191 posts
27 months
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Were they bred in captivity?They seem VERY tame but cool as well.
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Nightmare
Original Poster
4,435 posts
153 months
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yeah both of them were effectively hand reared.....and definitely pretty damn tame 
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AdamT
2,745 posts
121 months
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ali_kat
22,453 posts
90 months
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PugwasHDJ80
5,188 posts
90 months
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Was Mauritius?
have a video of playing with Tigers and Lions like this- normally animals bred in horrific conditions in captivity and then rescued!
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Nightmare
Original Poster
4,435 posts
153 months
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no, its the UK surprisingly enough......im trying to put together a bit of video from a gopro and a samsung phone of them chasing me down - turns out cheetah can move quite fast...who knew?!
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iphonedyou
2,519 posts
26 months
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I want one. Or two!
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otolith
19,364 posts
73 months
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Imagine trying to turf one of those off the sofa!
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Simpo Two
54,231 posts
134 months
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Nightmare said: no, its the UK surprisingly enough......im trying to put together a bit of video from a gopro and a samsung phone of them chasing me down - turns out cheetah can move quite fast...who knew?! Even Usain Bolt only got to 27mph, so I'm afraid next time you'll be Mr Cheetah's lunch...
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Nightmare
Original Poster
4,435 posts
153 months
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Id always thought they were in a fairly similar 'how dangerous' category to a large dog - say an alsation or similar size - and having spent the morning with them i'd be pretty confident in keeping one now (which is the hope!)....but.....the power in their legs when they're lying down is just totally different to a dog and the way they can use them.....definitely would rather have a fight with a big dog.
but aside from pretty much eating my pistonheads fleece (still utterly covered in cheetah!) they were amazingly well behaved and relaxed...even chasing me was just mucking about....didnt get a sense i was ever considered worth attacking or trying to eat.
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ali_kat
22,453 posts
90 months
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Keeping one? Please can you tell me more? PM? 
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Munter
23,693 posts
110 months
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Nightmare said: ....didnt get a sense i was ever considered worth attacking or trying to eat. That's what that TV presenter thought just before one sank it's teeth into her leg as lunch.
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dudleybloke
6,790 posts
55 months
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very cool.
but never play cards with one!
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AdamT
2,745 posts
121 months
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Nightmare said: no, its the UK surprisingly enough......im trying to put together a bit of video from a gopro and a samsung phone of them chasing me down - turns out cheetah can move quite fast...who knew?! Great looking forward to that video...where in the Uk were you?
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Nightmare
Original Poster
4,435 posts
153 months
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AdamT said: Great looking forward to that video...where in the Uk were you? sorry! it was at Hammerton zoo which is over towards Peterborough/Cambridge way just off the A1M. very cool zoo indeed. They have a great collection of cats including the biggest tiger I have ever seen by some margin. rubbish, rubbish video of me getting chased....but its better than nothing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpcQyDqxJGQ&fea...someone else got much better vid which i've seen and am trying to get.
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AdamT
2,745 posts
121 months
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Nightmare said: sorry! it was at Hammerton zoo which is over towards Peterborough/Cambridge way just off the A1M. very cool zoo indeed. They have a great collection of cats including the biggest tiger I have ever seen by some margin. rubbish, rubbish video of me getting chased....but its better than nothing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpcQyDqxJGQ&fea...someone else got much better vid which i've seen and am trying to get. Thanks for that
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