David13 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 And this is one of the reasons. They are so much fun. dc Link to comment
elkroeger Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Ah baloney. She's at a wildlife park, or they're someone's pets, or something like that. I'll defer to the wildlife biologsts in the group (I'm a fish biologist), but cheetahs are generally solitary, and it's uncommon to find a group of more than two or three. I've seen them in the wild, and as I understand it, they are highly elusive when it comes to people. Reminds me of that bear guy that got himself eaten a few years ago. Linky having said that, they ARE fantastic and fascinating animals! Link to comment
Kitsap Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 We once had a cat, actually we were his people. Link to comment
tallman Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 My dog says they taste like chicken. Link to comment
ShovelStrokeEd Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Lovely animals and a strapping lass but she is nuts turning her back and stepping away from an animal that makes its living by chasing things down and killing them. One day that will not end well. Link to comment
randys Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 too many camera angles for it to be a chance encounter. Nice legs though! Link to comment
upflying Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 I hope no one believes she actually arrived on the dirt bike either. Link to comment
notacop Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 I like cats too, but I can't eat one by myself. Link to comment
Mike Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 [C]heetahs are generally solitary, and it's uncommon to find a group of more than two or three. I've seen them in the wild, and as I understand it, they are highly elusive when it comes to people. Reminds me of that bear guy that got himself eaten a few years ago. Linky having said that, they ARE fantastic and fascinating animals! I agree on all counts. I'm not a scientist, but I have never heard of a group like this in the wild. Nonetheless, I don't think I'd mess around with them; even experienced handlers have been surprised by big cats more than once. And the bear guy . . . yeah, that's exactly what I was thinking. It seems to me that it's never a good idea to treat a predator at the top of the food chain like a household pet. Link to comment
baggerchris Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Cats --- Dogs +++++ Link to comment
Husker Red Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Gosh, I can't imagine how that could go wrong... Shame to waste those legs, but at least the cheetahs will eat well for a day. Link to comment
David13 Posted January 14, 2011 Author Share Posted January 14, 2011 This was Lorenzo's assessment: "I don't think she's looking for any sympathy of any kind and I've seen no "poor me / Help me" attitude on her. Instead, I see a young talent riding bike with no helmet in the savannah or similar, plays with big cats, and taking care of some dangerous lions in the need (at least, this is what I understood reading a couple of lines on her). I think - but I can't tell for sure - she is the one who is looking at us, in our miserable life of commuting, playing with our "weapons" and not able to kill a mosquito in the night who eats us as much as it wants, with some kind of sympathy. Basically she lives the life she wants, rides free and fully enjoy it. Her life will be shorter than ours...? Nobody can tell, but I don't think she cares a lot about it knowing it's all about how you really live your life." dc Link to comment
notacop Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Speaking of CATS, what happened to the guy that was going to spend a month in his lion enclosure? Is his 15 minutes of allotted air time gone? Link to comment
notacop Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Speaking of CATS, what happened to the guy that was going to spend a month in his lion enclosure? Is his 15 minutes of allotted air time gone? After reading Davids impassioned post, I have 'BORN FREE' ringing in my head. Link to comment
ESokoloff Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Ah baloney. She's at a wildlife park, or they're someone's pets, or something like that. Close. But who stated that this was staged? More on Marlice. Link to comment
David13 Posted January 24, 2012 Author Share Posted January 24, 2012 I was just re watching this video. And there was no other mention of my other favorite video, featuring Marlice. dc Link to comment
longjohn Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 You can get up close an personal with a cheetah at the SD Zoo Safari Park in Escondido. That's where I took this shot Link to comment
Huzband Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Wow. A ressurection of a thread about an animal that most people don't like. Me included. But to each her own. Link to comment
David13 Posted January 27, 2012 Author Share Posted January 27, 2012 Actually young lady, there are more cats as pets in the usa than dogs. I think it comical there would be full grown adults what were afraid of cats, but ... I know people who are too afraid to ride a motorcycle, or too afraid to ride a bicycle, or too afraid to ride a motorcycle or bicycle in Los Angeles county, or travel to Mexico, or ... dc Link to comment
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