cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/76040034

comfort food

Snacks also calm me down <3

And they're always crying! That's why it looks like their mascara is permanently running.

I wonder if they had at least one person asking "are we sure the cheetah won't eat the dog?" and then they decided to just try it and see.

Guys. Cheetahs are the largest of the small cats. They don't eat dogs.

How cute! Here's an article about the practice that I found while looking to see if this was true or not. It is, and it's adorable!

Either that or they share a makeup artist with Alice Cooper 🤘🏼😁🤘🏼

That’s exactly what a cheetah would say

Thank you for your service ❤️

Probably not a coincidence that they went with golden retrievers (and what looks like it might be a mastiff, amstaff, or pitbull) and not Tibetan spaniels 😁

I mean, maybe we could not capture cheetahs and isolate them and learn they actually need companionship? This is OrphanCrushingMachine energy.

This is too cute for words! 🥰

This must mean it's okay to have a pet cheetah, yes?

Do you have a 15 square mile backyard? If not, probably not 🤷🏻

I have an apartment with a dog run in the back, that's enough, right?

Depends on how big the dog run is, I guess 🤷🏻

15 square mile?

I've got a treadmill

Hmm.. What about a rowing machine?

They rescue orphaned cubs who need care and companionship. Cubs in the wild only have like a 5% chance to live to adulthood. You could, you know, read the good wholesome article..

Tbf they look delicious

cuteness overload

They would otherwise be dead.

Would that make you feel better? CheetahCrushingMachine energy

I don't really feel anything about it, honestly. I disagree with zoos, completely. Animal rehab and release is one thing, holding them captive is another. If there were no humans around, yeah, they would be likely be dead. Probably food for some other critter. That's nature, bro. Us intervening and applying human morals is arguably nature, too, but there is a lot more of "other" than us. We can't just leave the nature be, we gotta perturb it, exploit it, "save" it. It is one of the more disappointing things about humanity.

Why do you think these animals need help in the first place?

I have a strong urge to pet them.

If you read carefully, you'll notice I never expressed that the animals need help. I said they shouldn't be held captive. It is more an indictment of the human than sympathy for the animal. Humans are mega entitled to just do whatever they want with animals. Humans suck.

Can it do 75 mph?

Yes excellent indictmen on humanst here: Humans save species by keeping the remaining few safe, and also socially comfortable with a supply of puppies.

Got em.

Let's be clear, they aren't saving anything by doing this. This is not conservation. They aren't breeding or reintroducing these particular animals to the wild after raising them in captivity. They have been extracted from the ecosystem. They are now pets. I wouldn't be so quick to pat humanity on the back when they are the proximate cause for there being a "remaining few."

Riiiight?? 🥰 I'm glad you posted that! I didn't even think to share that directly. It's too cute to miss!

Aw, thank you for your thanks! You're very welcome, of course. :)

I'm glad you posted that

My pleasure! Made sure to credit you for finding it in the post description 😁

It's too cute to miss!