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u/Mysterious_Piano5478 5h ago
All of the cats are acting exactly like cats. No wonder they were domesticated though who domesticated who is a little unclear.
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u/TerraByteTerror 5h ago
Ik I cant but I would love a pet cheetah đ
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u/dumbodragon 4h ago
if im not mistaken cheetahs are the most chill of the big cats around humans. they also purr!
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u/jackalope268 4h ago
Fun fact the cheetah is actually not a big cat because big cats roar and small cats purr with the one exception of the clouded leopard who does a bit of both
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u/dumbodragon 3h ago
what is it then?
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u/GlitterBombFallout 3h ago
It's a "small cat", felinae, more closely related to house cats. Lions, tigers, leopards, jaguars, snow leopards, and clouded leopards are "big cats", pantherinae.
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u/ConqueefStador 57m ago
I wish house cats came in different sizes likes dogs.
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u/hypothetical_zombie 46m ago
In a way they do. Ragdolls are usually small, and Norwegian Forest cats & Maine Coon cats are huge.
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u/jackalope268 3h ago
Idk what you mean, a cheetah is a small cat like house cats, because it purrs and doesnt roar, and despite being relatively small, a snow leopard is a big cat because it roars and doesnt purr. Idk what a clouded leopard is classified as
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u/dumbodragon 3h ago
well I wanted to know what a cheetah was if it wasn't a big cat but you still answered it
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u/Upset-Mall-7711 1h ago
I love this! They are the most chill! They have such a sweet purr and almost sound like a lil baby!
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u/I_Stay_Home 4h ago
This is also proof that your house cat would kill and eat you on a whim if it could.
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u/zffjk 2h ago
Ages ago I worked for the cable company. I was in some suburb of Cincinnati and came into an alley. It was getting dark. I noticed a couple more cats than usual. Once I got my ladder set up and I climbed up the pole I looked down and saw dozens of cats. Way more than before. Enough cats to take me down if they wanted to I think.
Was kinda scary.
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u/OrbitTortoise 5h ago
If this guy didnât make this his pfp on everything Iâd be shocked, and a little disappointed.
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u/IncognitoErgoCvm 1h ago
I feel like it'd be one of those Rorschach pfps that you can never decipher wtf you're looking at when they're small.
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u/Oxam 5h ago
all fun and games till freddy turns into catfood
edit: this is adorable regardless haha
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u/PsyOpBunnyHop 4h ago
I know you're supposed to be professional and not interact, but...
If a huge fuzzy thing wandered over and started to cuddle, I would pet it and make happy noises.
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u/New-Trifle-7097 1h ago
Yeah I could be disciplined around most of the animals, but the cheetahs would break me. Aw you wanna cuddle?!?!? *drops thousands of dollars worth of equipment to hug murder kitty*
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u/PsyOpBunnyHop 1h ago
Cheetahs are adorable. Every video I've seen of them close up, they are just so huggable.
I think they would gladly be domesticated just to not have to chase every damn meal.
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u/New-Trifle-7097 8m ago
Eh, theyâd probably like the easy meals but still want the chase. Itâd be like owning a greyhound.
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u/GSDer_RIP_Good_Girl 5h ago
I love the dichotomy of the last two guys taking pictures of penguins - the first guy is in shorts and T-shirt and the second guy is bundled up.
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u/ulnarthairdat 4h ago
The first are either African penguins or Magellanic penguins (South American) and the last is definitely an Antarctic penguin, probably a Gentoo - such crazy geographical difference, but all cute little birds in tuxedos.
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u/cyanocittaetprocyon 1h ago
I've seen Galapagos Penguins in the Galapagos when it was around 37C/100F, and various penguins in Antarctica when it was -30C/-20F. They truly are amazing.
The two in that video are Jackass (African) Penguins and Gentoo Penguins.
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u/BlatheringNonsense 5h ago
I wondered if the camera making purr-like noises and the body language of the photographers made them appear as friendly and that's why many animals didn't see them as a threat and could make contact with them.
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u/humbugonastick 4h ago
I would assume, they are all wildlife photographers, and they were mostly motionless for a long time. Curiosity killed the cat.
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u/liberal_parnell 2h ago
They're in remote areas with few, if any, people. Wildlife in those places tends not to fear humans due to the lack of contact, and wildlife photographers spend a lot of time in the same place, being non-threatening.
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u/AscendedViking7 4h ago
The music sounds so familiar
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u/AmbitiousEdi 2h ago
If a cheetah came up to me like that I would 1000% fold and pet the kitty. I love big cats, and that would be the closest I could ever come since you really can't do that with a panther, tiger or lion.
Yes I know cheetahs are not big cats, but they are the biggest smol cat sooooo
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u/Past-Product-1100 5h ago
As cute as it is, it's videos like this that make people think they can hop out of their cars and pet wild animals .
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u/Elephant_Snacks 4h ago
Anyone know where that 2nd to last photographer is with the penguins?
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u/InternationalClick78 3h ago
Patterns most closely resemble an African penguin so either South Africa or Namibia
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u/Background_Body2696 3h ago
The arctic wolf one is so strange. Casually going to take a chomp on his noggin then gets spooked when he moves.
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u/Hindsight2O2O 2h ago
No way i could keep it together for any of this and I'd never stop talking about it after.
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u/l_a_p304 2h ago
Animals trying to get a little nibble of the camera will always be hilarious to me. âIs this a snack? Idk better try just in caseâ
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u/above_average_magic 3h ago
Random, my favorite thing is how the last two clips show a dude in flop flops and then a guy in snow gear, both with penguins
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u/CoolNefariousness914 2h ago
The lynx doesnât seem real to me. Like borrowed from captivity for the day.
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u/StoryLineOne 2h ago
If you're like me and wanted to know what the song is, here you go! ("In the Narnia's Forest" by William Maytook)
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u/picksteeth 1h ago
I love the anthropomorphized vibe they give off thatâs like âhey whatâs going on over here?â Like just casually rather than the usual fear of an attack or something.
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u/granulatedsugartits 1h ago
The two guys with the nonchalant lynx(? 0:32) reminds me of the photographers swarming the Clintons' cat
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u/StolenIP 53m ago
Can you please reference the photographer? I have a grant that I'd like to work with him on.
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u/PorkyPain 5h ago
I just have it in my head that animals know that humans are a special species. They know if they try to mess with humans, the human species could eradicate them from the face of the earth - hence they fear us and in awe of humans.
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u/qualityvote2 5h ago edited 3h ago
u/TerraByteTerror, your post does fit the subreddit!