Cheetah kittens at National Zoo (warning: extreme cuteness)

Chmee · Post by **Chmee** » 2005-06-25 04:22pm

From the Washington Post's coverage of the 10-wk old Cheetah kittens at the National Zoo .....

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Majin Gojira · Post by **Majin Gojira** » 2005-06-25 04:27pm

That's a very large little for a Cheetah

General Brock · Post by **General Brock** » 2005-06-25 04:33pm

Aaaaawwww. Actually, the adult version looks cute to me too; seems to have that 'mommy' aura.

Tinkerbell · Post by **Tinkerbell** » 2005-06-25 11:55pm

AWWWWWWWWWWW!

I want one. Thats it.

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2005-06-26 06:05am

AWWWWWW.

I love the one with him licking his mothers face.

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2005-06-26 07:44am

It bears mentioning that the Cheetah is the only big cat that can be succesfully domesticated.

Mrs Kendall · Post by **Mrs Kendall** » 2005-06-26 09:12am

Oh yeah? That's interesting... *runs off to tell Cpl Kendall we need to get one.*

Soooooo... cute, thanks for posting

*cuddles the cute little kitties*

Mrs Kendall · Post by **Mrs Kendall** » 2005-06-26 09:25am

Chmee wrote:
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Made this ^ one my wallpaper for my computer

Alyeska · Post by **Alyeska** » 2005-06-26 03:49pm

IIRC Cheetah's are one of the few large cat species that are non agressive towards humans if raised from birth. They are small enough they don't see humans as prey and timid enough they don't get agressive.

Or so I've been told.

Wouldn't mind having a Cheetah as a pet.

Chmee · Post by **Chmee** » 2005-06-26 03:52pm

Alyeska wrote:IIRC Cheetah's are one of the few large cat species that are non agressive towards humans if raised from birth. They are small enough they don't see humans as prey and timid enough they don't get agressive.

Or so I've been told.

Wouldn't mind having a Cheetah as a pet.

Boy, and you think you have trouble chasing down the *dog* when it gets off the leash.

"Zaza! Get back here and quit chasing the Porsche!!!"

Alyeska · Post by **Alyeska** » 2005-06-26 06:08pm

Well having a Cheetah as a pet is very much illegal.

Mrs Kendall · Post by **Mrs Kendall** » 2005-06-26 06:48pm

Aww

why ? If they are nice then why?

of course I know why, don't tell me cause I know...don't waste your time, I know, I know, I know, I'm just trying to be cute, which probably is not working especially in this thread

Batman · Post by **Batman** » 2005-06-26 07:00pm

Someone thinking any cat species isn't agressive towards humans needs his head examined.
The large ones are because they know they can tear us apart without even trying, and the small ones know we'll let them get away with it because they're cute and fuzzy. The only reason cats keep humans around is because they can operate neither the fridge nor the can opener.
That being said, those kittens are adorable.

SyntaxVorlon · Post by **SyntaxVorlon** » 2005-06-26 07:03pm

The cuteness...melting..my..face!

Haminal10 · Post by **Haminal10** » 2005-06-27 05:15pm

AWWWWWWW

The cuteness.... IT BURNS

Instant Sunrise · Post by **Instant Sunrise** » 2005-06-27 08:27pm

However, cheetah claws are non-retractable, and with only a friendly slap with the paw, can send a person to a hospital from cuts and gashes. Even though they mean well, and are EXTREMLY playful.

Their fur is uber-soft though.

Mrs Kendall · Post by **Mrs Kendall** » 2005-06-27 09:48pm

Oh

knowing that now I don't want one, I guess I'll just stick to my dream of owning a sheep dog (I mean the original sheep dog's you know like Mr. Mugs) Big white poufy dogs!! Yeah!

Edit; I must add this... Big white poufy dogs... with NO eyes! (hehehe, points to Cpl Kendall laughing)

EDIT #2 I guess I should say something more on topic... IIRC there was an incident of someones pet cheetah getting loose from their car in BC somewhere when we lived there in 2003! At least I think it was a Cheetah and I think it was in Vancouver, all over the news... but I have a bad memory and because I knew it would never get to anywhere near where we lived or frequently visited I didn't pay too much attention to it.

If anyone from BC remembers this feel free to correct me if I'm wrong here

Sharpshooter · Post by **Sharpshooter** » 2005-06-27 11:53pm

Awww, that's just too much!

Man, someone needs to breed a sub-species down to household size, stat!

Instant Sunrise · Post by **Instant Sunrise** » 2005-06-28 02:09am

You know, because of my stinkng Cat allergies, I turned down the chance to pet a cheetah.

I'm never going to forgive myself for that, it would have rocked.... ah well.

Mrs Kendall · Post by **Mrs Kendall** » 2005-06-28 09:18am

geezus man they are just allergies.. you could have taken some allergy meds afterwards.. Ok I'll stop teasing... no really, I'm sure that's what happened at the time because you didn't have a chance to think it through, try not to be so hard on yourself, you were just trying to keep your day from going to shit because of allergies..

I know how it is, I have cat allergies as well, but I love cats so much I can't live without them so I deal with my allergies on a daily basis and I can't pet our cat for any length of time without having to put Visine allergy drops in my eyes and washing my hands excessively afterward. If I don't do those things I'll be rubbing and stratching my eyes and sneezing for the entire day or night depending on when I touch her. But I love her so much so I do it for her

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HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2005-06-28 09:39am

Man, someone needs to breed a sub-species down to household size, stat!

....

What do you think housecats are?

Guy N. Cognito · Post by **Guy N. Cognito** » 2005-06-28 09:54am

They may look all cute and cuddly now, but when they grow up they are going to be a vicous eating and running machince with sharp points on 5 of it's 6 of it's ends. But now, they are cute.

SPOOFE · Post by **SPOOFE** » 2005-06-28 02:41pm

Well having a Cheetah as a pet is very much illegal.

I'm pretty sure you can have one if you have some sort of exotic animal license...

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2005-06-28 03:18pm

SPOOFE wrote:I'm pretty sure you can have one if you have some sort of exotic animal license...

Yeah, you can get alot of big cats that way. After all, there are people who own adult tigers legally.

AMX · Post by **AMX** » 2005-06-29 06:06pm

Oooh... fuzzy

On the subject of big cats as pets...
http://www.bigcatmonitors.co.uk/index.htm

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Cheetah kittens at National Zoo (warning: extreme cuteness)

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