cheetah...my new best friend

[Nightmare]

Cannot explain how much fun playing with these two was....just awesome. and they never stopped purring!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3os3u-SyZwU

[cindychops]

Were they bred in captivity?They seem VERY tame but cool as well.

[Nightmare]

yeah both of them were effectively hand reared.....and definitely pretty damn tame

[AdamT]

Awesome. Where was this?

[ali_kat]

Want

[PugwasHDJ80]

Was Mauritius?

have a video of playing with Tigers and Lions like this- normally animals bred in horrific conditions in captivity and then rescued!

[Nightmare]

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?!

[iphonedyou]

I want one. Or two!

[otolith]

Imagine trying to turf one of those off the sofa!

[Simpo Two]

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...

[Nightmare]

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.

[ali_kat]

Keeping one? Please can you tell me more? PM?

[Munter]

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.

[dudleybloke]

very cool.

but never play cards with one!

[AdamT]

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?

Edited by AdamT on Saturday 11th August 13:43

[Nightmare]

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.

[AdamT]

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