r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/TerraByteTerror • 6h ago

🔥upclose and personal

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u/Mysterious_Piano5478 6h 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 6h ago

Ik I cant but I would love a pet cheetah 😭

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u/dumbodragon 5h 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 4h ago

what is it then?

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u/GlitterBombFallout 4h 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/dumbodragon 2h ago

thanks!

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u/ConqueefStador 1h ago

I wish house cats came in different sizes likes dogs.

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u/hypothetical_zombie 1h 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 4h 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 4h 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/GlitterBombFallout 53m ago

Clouded is a big cat.