Africa WildCats - House Tabby Cat or Native? Kittens Play Sleep Purr Knead Scare & Eat
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Spent some quality time with the African Wild Cat at Cheetah Experience when volunteering. I honestly thought these kittens were someone's house cat that gave birth and for sale. They acted and looked exactly like a common domesticated house cat. They played, purred, showed affection, got scared, growled, and kneaded like a common house cat. And that is because I believe much of the gentic link to the domesticated house cat came from these guys. The only time I saw the 'WILD" in them was during feeding. Hunger and feeding is a strong natural force for a wild animal. These Africa Wild Cats were no different.
Wild cats are normally larger than your average house cat as well. They can also be identified by the orange striped bands that loop around their necks and chest.
I always find kneading behavior fascinating as well as the 'chatter' call cats make. The primary purpose of the kneading ritual is to stimulate and move milk from the mammary glands of the mother. The motion stimulates it. Then the cats suckle the teat for milk. These kittens are beyond milk or suckling, but as they were taken from their mother early, they never lose the habit. Adult Cheetahs suckle even.
The chatter noises are interesting. I've not seen it but from domesticated cats before. Not many do it. It was interesting to catch these African Wild Cats doing it and the fact all of them did. It is very instinctive and has a purpose. Most think it is to mimic their prey, like birds to get them to come closer so they can catch them. I can believe that theory. It definitely has a purpose.
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It’s no wonder our ancestors took them in. Not only great pest control, but fantastic companions. Not much has changed since they came out of the desert!
Yup
We didn't take cats in, they chose us.
@Maryam M. their habitat is in savanah
@@Sahrul-qr2nm which isnt the desert
House Cats share 96% DNA with their cousin the Tiger and 95% DNA with their cousin the Lion! Like the Big Cat Society says, there are Big Cats and Small Cats! But, that they are ALL Cats! They don't separate them!
If one ends up in a shelter, people will adopt them without ever knowing that they're actually wild.
it already happened over here in Egypt and the foster didn't know and she was scratched and attacked alot by the cat, and now i have that awesome cat ))
Xaicamov that's actually kinda funny. They look almost identical to domestic cats.
He's a wild child, but he's so awesome! I adopted him last saturday afternoon.10/6/2018! An incredible creature!
But I thought they grew a little bigger than domesticated cats?
@@zigzag1able yes
Actually, if you have a bunch of cats and are an hour late to feeding them, they can very much act like an african wild cat 😂
Even just a few minutes late and they start reminding you 😂
fr. i have 4 and occasionally 6 if the strays feel like visiting, and they all go insane like this.
my cat always eat like 6 or 8 times a day
I have a grey tabby, and he have access to dry food most of the day. He is fed wet food twice a day. That is what my vet recommends, but I think the cat food companies is in vets pockets….He don’t eat more than he need. He looks a lot like the African wildcat, so I ordered a DNA cat test.
[Scene of them jumping on and trying to scale the fence]
"There's the wild in African wild cat"
Dude, kittens are basically spiders, they will try and scale anything. For a period of time while fostering a litter I wouldn't dare to go into our bedroom without jeans and socks on because they will climb you like a tree.
Me sitting in the heart of Africa sweating and looking at my 9 year old rescued tabby ...well that explains alot!
Wow, with respect to this video, I must say that cats have not changed, they are not domesticated, they just adapted to living with humans. Cats are still wild. But I love them so much.
Me too, I'm such a cat lady! I enjoy their wild side...
(of an animal) tame and kept by humans.
I bet if humans were giants, like 5x times bigger. we would have lions and pumas as "house cats".... and they would probably be similar pet like a normal kitty
House cats retain the characteristics of wild kittens more, whereas adult wild cats are more aggressive.
Mari B. I agree..
That purring is just the sweetest ever
I love it when my cats chatter.. it's just so cute
I agree
Jeanne Nora mine used to do that when he was a kitten but he hasn’t done it in years and I’m sad cuz I thought it was cute too.
I've owned cats since I was a very young girl, but I'd never heard/seen a cat "chatter" until I was about 25. It scared me! I thought the cat was having a seizure. So I took it to the vet, who told me, when I explained the behavior, that this was completely normal and not to worry. 😁💗🐈💗
Agreed
I think the chatter is part of hunting training.
If your criterion for "wild" is how they behave at feeding time, I'd have to say I've been mistaken all along and what I have living in my house are actually wild cats.....
Tom Tidlund: My cat I have looks just like those, acts just like those, even during feeding time she freaks out. I got her as a kitten at a shelter..
ikr!
Tom Tidlund
Once I opened a can of salmon around my cat and he was worse.
Almost violent in his determination
Tom Tidlund So true! 😂😂😂
This! I've seen kittens do this. It's a kitten thing. Domesticated cats eventually just get trained to not react like that to food, and tbh, it's human-specific. A change in humans can still get that reaction to come out if they've been abused, or just testing boundaries.
I like how even the domestication of cats vs dogs is very in character for them. We have all these obedient and wildly different breeds of dog as if they happily and obediently allowed themselves to be changed so much for their human companions to fit whatever need was expected of them, meanwhile cats barely changed at all from their wild counterpart, as if they were like "Bitch, we are already perfect, we don't gotta change a god-damn thing if we don't wanna"
True! Love them both for it. Cats and dogs.
I have seen my cats almost that enthusiastic about food before.
Hahaha... it's cute to watch them so excited about food. Very instinctive as it allows us all to survive. That and many more instincts we all have...
"A cat's a tiny tiger that lives in your house." quote C.G.P. Grey.
*"This has to be the slowest cheetah on earth, I had to speed things up"*
why am I laughing 😂😂
They do behave like house cats in feeding time, too. LOL
exactly that's what i recognized only when she is hungry she comes to me and meows and act like domesticated cat once she ate no way to come closer from her and touche her
LoOoL
exactly like the litter of kittens i'm fostering!
Because house cat came from them
These wildcats share the same ancestor with our domesticated cats. Back in the day, these wildcats can be found in "Fertile Crescent" - a place where humans learned to farm. The farms attracted a lot of rodents. Humans don't like these pests around them feeding on their grains. Some wildcats are drawn to these rodents and the humans are fine with it. Until such time those brave wildcats lived near the farms, and sometimes probably scavenging from the scraps of leftovers from humans. Time after time, the two species became closer and closer. Until humans kept them in their farms. The cats in our homes today are the descendants of those wildcats that chose to risk everything.
🐹 meow
They're the domestics house cat's ancestors, there hasn't been much change since the last dozen thousand years
Is Abyssinian cat similar to a different subspecies of wild cat that got domesticated and eventually bred with these proto Tabby cats?
some of the cats seem to know that we enjoy them to kill small animals,they bring the killed animal to us or into a house and drop it in front of the human and meow or yowl loudly. Unfortunately they can kill birds.
I think these African cats are a bit larger and play a bit rougher than standard pet cats.
Siamese cats don't usually seem to behave as affectionately as some other cats.
they are so much bigger than the average house cat.. these things are just cubs but they are huge, look at those oversized paws
These wild cats may have some domesticated genes in them as well. They came from a breeder and rescued. The pedigree of them is unknown. They should be even bigger :)
+Dolph C. Volker Yeah, they are robust too..can you please upload more of these guys.. wild cat(wild Felis) videos are so rare hard to find on youtube.. they are so fascinating.. I just love watching them. thanks for sharing it.
I'll try. Glad you liked the Africa Wild Cats. I never knew they existed until meeting them. I'll see what I have on them, but it may take some time as I have some other videos I have scheduled to release before. One of them WILL include some of the wild cats. It's a test of the 'reflex' response when scratching the back end of cats. I include wild cats in my test, as well as cheetahs, servals, and caracals... and YES even lions. Ok, cub lions but they're still lions.
Dolph C. Volker nice video I love your channel keep it coming
sorry to say but they are not so much bigger as u think nearly the same size or just a little bit bigger i have pure wild Felis silvestris lybica female and in size she is same as a normal Egyptian mau or feral cat and sure it's pure wild caz we got her from the desert as we are in Egypt and they are roaming alot in our deserts and sometimes coming to villages to steal birds from farmers we got her when she was a kitten and she still has wild & aggressive behavior but improving by time
They seem to be identical to house cats.
thats because this is how we got our house cats, from these cats. just like how dogs came from wolves
Dogs are so far domesticated... But Cats never - they may semi-demesticated themselfs and adepted to us humans - but not in the way Dogs where. So Dogs are not like Wolfs - but Cats are actually pretty close to Wild or Big Cats
cats domesticated themselves, humans never did ,because people didn't use to have pets just because they were cute, its only a recent trend. they just kinda started living in cities with humans because there were a lot of rats around humans and humans accepted them because of that. your cat still thinks that he just hangs around you for food but you don't own him, only occasionally he show appreciation when he feels like it. that's why people say cats don't care like dogs do ,which is true
Solo Frazier Housecats are partially descended from the African wild cat.
Solo Frazier Housecats are partially descended from the African wild cat.
The domesticated housecats that we keep all descend from African Wild Cats, hence the similar mannerisms. It's also worth noting that "domesticated cats" aren't really that domesticated, humans interacted with and bred wildcats just like these ones.
@Tjokkaflens it is alsp noted that dogs are the first animals to be domesticated. Cats acts more wild because they are more independent and they could attack the owner no matter how you trained them.
@@andreaimbrogno7978I mean dogs kinda are the same..
They look like shorthair brown tabbies!
that is the natural markings and color of all cats. thats why most cats are tabby
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oh yeh I am more fierce these cats got nothing on me i give them a right hook and then a left am a real boxer amma like a cangroo my hooman says
Dani They look like they are related to the America short-haired house cats.
They are related to domestic cats. The Abyssinian and Somali breeds, especially.
These adorable cats are so identical to the domestic tabby cat
House cats are like that when it's feeding time lol
Crazy!!!
what a beautiful cats. Thank you for showing them.
:=)
These are the cutest predator
My cat looks exactly like those cats (including the orange fur on the ears and nose), and he acts like how they do at feeding time whenever I give him treats or wet food. I would not be surprised if he was actually a wild cat.
House cats came from the African Wild Cat but these probably have some inbreeding hybrid house cat in them. Wild cats are usually much larger and distinct that this.
Wildcats don't have the color variation that housecats do
5:24 i don't know man.. that's pretty much exactly how my cat behaves at feeding time
the african wildcat is the actually the ancester of the domesitc house cat
And dont some native african tribes keep these as housecats
@@20PINKluvr more than likely. They make great pest control.
@@Rhaenarys yes i'm from Mali. Most kiosk/boutique have one because they take care of mice and rats and make great company.
@@20PINKluvr still happening. I had these cats as pets a few years back. I didn’t even know they were considered wild.
Best job in the world!!
true. but i wouldn t mess with lions.. once they smell an other animal on you or just do their lion-stuffed and your mauel and torcherd to death
my cats just look like them. and they were stray cats I adopted. :) :)
That's what I love about cats. We can take cats out of the wild, but we can't take the wild out of cats. and I wouldn't want them any other way! Great video!
Fun fact, house cats are not actually domesticated, they just hang out with us for company and food. They're literally just wild animals we keep in our homes (because they're cute and we love them)
And because they're small and sleep for almost the entire day and understanding their needs, they're easy to tame.
@Okami Jubei so are larger wildcats, though. long as you understand what they need.
@@songdaniels9960yea, but if a housemate decides to swipe at your hand you might get a little scratch. If a Tiger swipes at your hand it can rip your whole arm off.
@@songdaniels9960 if a cat licks your face for too long you can probably get em off... good luck with 70 mile an hour zoomie cats
Once outside a house, domestic cats are wild animals. They return to our houses so that they can get some safety from dangerous predators like dogs, raptor birds, and each other. One cat that I had used our suburban shrubbery as a blind for catching unwary birds. I have never seen any cat behavior other than the social hunting of lions or the extreme chase speeds of cheetahs. The similarities between mini-tigers and tigers are obvious.
Acted like house cats at feeding time too. When they're young like that they always go bonkers over food.
:=)
Umatsu Obossa been having cats for the rest of my life (17 years). and i havent seen that one. but they knew their feeding place.
when I carry foods to feed them. they will be ready in their place to eat
One of my cats (that looks like these) goes absolutely wild at feeding time, jumping up and down on the sink and tries to climb me like a tree. And they all start meowing incessantly until they're fed.
Yup, when my moms kitty was about 6 months, she would climb up my mothers leg at feeding time, and my little girl (we got them at the same time) , would always scream(she was a tortie and that squeaky meow would sound like a literal scream at the top of her lungs) with excitement and run just ahead of me. I'm lucky she never tripped me cause she would stop and look back to make sure I was in fact bringing her her food. lol.
Lol I laughed ..bouncing all over the place
Goes to show how little domestic house cats have changed.
I have to say I didn't see the difference
Prob the reason why is because these wild cats are tamed and they are used to humans. Because if not, they may be like those cats who will run away or hiss when you come close to it
+dbm 4794 but isnt that the same with domestic cats? when domestics become feral, they go savage
I don't think they will go savage... yes they follow their instincts, but not go feral or savage...
+dbm 4794 I mean when a domestic cat lives in the wild all its life it acts like an african wildcat
It's funny how your every day, no-breed housecat bears the closest resemblence to their ancient ancestor. I don't really get the desire of people to want expensive special breeds that look weird and often have all kinds of different inbred diseases.
One of my farm cats resemble them.
Bengals are a crossbreed between a housecat and wildcat
Bengals are a crossbreed between housecats and Asian Leopard Cats. ALCs are the same size as housecats, but look a bit different, because they are a separate species. African Wildcats are the SAME species as housecats, though they are classified as separate subspecies. Really, there is a lot more genetic difference between a Chinaman and an Englishman than between a housecat and an African Wild cat.
Crusader1815 No one argues all humans are the same, just that the differences are so little they aren't worth all that much. All humans can interbreed, and the genetic difference between individuals is larger than the genetic differences between groups. So while one group may be on average taller than the other, if you take two individuals from both groups there's a large chance they don't follow these expectations. For example there are plenty of short ethnically Dutch people, the country with supposedly the tallest population (which also may have to do with a heavy dairy based diet). When we talk about intelligence, which you probably care about for some reason, the brain is much more complex than how tall you are, but the same applies here, take individuals from two different groups, the most intelligent ethnic group vs the least intelligent ethnic group, and there will be a large chance the person from the less intelligent group is more intelligent than the person from the more intelligent group. In other words, the differences are negligible. The reason for this I think is that we're all very good at surviving, regardless of the circumstances, so there isn't much reason why one person might have a better chance of reproduction than the other. By the way, it's simply a scientific fact all people are derrived from Africa, that's what all genetic evidence points to, if you deny that then you deny facts and it's impossible to argue with you.
Crusader1815 You accuse me of being brainwashed by propaganda, then give me a white supremacist propaganda picture. The picture compares a carefully selected pretty white girl to a carefully selected ugly black guy without the luxury of dental care, and that's somehow got to proof something. That's propaganda. Give me some facts, backed up by evidence and arguments, then I'll take you seriously. By the way, I don't hate white people at all, in fact I don't hate any fenotype, nothing that I said alludes to that.
By the way here are two unrelated images:
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mother earth is a cat person.
😊🐈
Samuel Wright mother earth is not a person.
I believe so too
Galaxy Mobile no shit
Samuel Wright I believe it. Even before actual felines evolved, there have been several cat like predators that evolved independently of each other. Research and genetic testing has shown that they are not related to modern cats.
Plot twist they are really house cats
Its really cute how these cats purr and even purr in front of the camera. Its just so cute I want to cuddle these kittens.
OMG I can't believe how much they look like my domesticated kitties !!!! They're beautiful 🙂
You must be the Planet's happiest human, between all those amazing creatures.
I wish that I could be you, at least for just one day.
Congrats and keep up the fantastic work.
They are Soooooooooooo cute!!!!!!!!
+Angel Grimes They are... Just like any domesticated kitten you meet!
***** 0088
+Dolph C. Volker So do they look any Different/Bigger once they grow up?
+Arman M Yes. Take a look at them now... still cute but bigger and just as nice. czcams.com/video/08PCyg0_E60/video.html
Dolph C. Volker wow they are really sweet, I can totally keep them like a house cat
This guy is truly a cat whisperer. All those wild cats sleeping on him at the same time. Unreal.
Thanks! I really try hard to understand them... all animals I encounter and work with.
It's really not impossible tho it can happen to anyone
the cheetah was jealous lol
It's so cute. That why i love cat and want to love them
Feeding time was very much like my fosters, they go nuts like that. 🥰
All cats...I LOVE IT
They are the cutest! When they run and hop, OMG!
Our domestic house cats are descendants of these wildcats!
Wild African cats are endangered we must protect them. They are so cute 🐈😘😘🥰
Yo mamma is endangered!
They look just like my kittens. Omg do I have African Wild Cats?
If they look like house cats, play like house cats and show their affection like house cats... then they are house cats!))
Opposite: housecats are a particular variety of these. :)
Well, no wonder they're so much like house cats. They're what walked into a home in northern Africa one day thousands of years ago and said "love me, human".
Well, not exactly like that, but anyone who has a cat knows it's pretty close to true.
I think I have one of these. She looks exactly like these wild cats. Her hind legs are longer than her forelegs, she's ferociously territorial - way more so than any other cat I've ever had, she does that chattering thing when she sees birds and squirrels, she can jump vertically to an unbelievable height. I've always thought she was somehow different from other domestic cats I've had. I don't know how I would have ended up with one of these, but she really is just like one of these wildcats.
House cats act exactly the same because all of them came from these cats lol
2:39 AWWWW❤
ive been to zoos and had the opertunity to pet and interact with african wild cats they are quite like my kitties at home except a little bigger
Cats are incredible. Their hidden intelligence is amazing.
Tabby cats in a nutshell. The only real difference is that house cats can be kinder in general but that is not always the case either. My own ginger tabby cat is the sweetest thing but his energy levels and hunting prowess can easily compete with these wild cats, he even has back legs longer than front and his body is abnormally long.
Now you know where Tabbies come from. Yay. My fave house cat. 😻🐾🐾👏👏👏👏 I really liked seeing this vid again. 😄👍
They def seem a bit more aggressive than the typical house cat. I can see the difference. It's so interesting though how similar they are, at times one wouldn't know the difference. Even while being more aggressive at feeding time they are still meowing with their tails up.
Oh yeah. Man they go crazy during feeding time. Nuts. I've not see this with regular house cats and I've come across 100 or more in my lifetime. Calm.
Pretty cool hearing them all meow at the same time.
I was about to say those African Wildcats at feeding time look no different than a house cat hoard when it's feeding time lol
it's hard to see them as a wild cat
My tabby acts like that when he sees cat food
:) the wild left in her from domestication. We are all a bit 'wild'.
You are a cat magnet!!!
"The only time they didn't behave like house cats, was feeding time!"
I guess I've had an African Wild Cat in disguise all these years lol
endangered species, must protect them
they are alot and people shooting them caz they come from deserts and mountains to attack their birds so if they are endangered they wouldn't be by that much also wildlife dealers selling them too as matter of fact they are every where in Egypt and Lybia !! Greetings from Egypt
they are not an "endangered" species they are actually at "least concerned " on IUCN Red List
and thats what this guy is doing!
They are not endangered at all. The widespread and very common
1:26 Ahh yes, the 'Let's see who's quickest game'. Only ever ends one way...
Yep... escalates.
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academic.oup.com/mbe/article/18/9/1679/1000723/Genetic-Identification-of-Wild-and-Domestic-Cats
Oh, they are adorable!!! I LOVE them! They remind me of my little house furbabies... Lol, my domesticated sweethearts get really excited at mealtime too. Thank you for what you do for the cats!
These guys still go berserk during feeing... so fast like tightly wound up tin kitten toys.
Dolph C. Volker They're so adorable! I wish that I could have one. LOL, my Fred cat just decided to sit on the keyboard!
The cats are so cute 😻💜💙💚😻💙💚 make greatest Pets ever
They are so cute!
Aww these "vicious" kitties are so adorable. Id take care of them anytime. Im use to my dog biting me and her teeth are meant to sink into flesh. So ya XD
I have been owned by a Bengal cat, she was very intelligent, she proved that cats don't need opposable thumbs to open any door, high energy with a streak of wild in her. Experienced cat owners only, your African wild cats reminded me so much of her. I am completely hooked on your videos, I always look forward to the next one.
That is very cool. These Wild cats are the genetic origin of the domesticated ones.
Lovely and magnificent creatures. Bless you all.
good to know i have wild cats as house cats they fking go crazy at feeding time just like those ones
They're also so cute!!!!
Sorry Buddy but must disagree. They behave JUST like domestic house cats at dinner time.
My thoughts exactley :p. mine go bananas around meal time :p
We have been domesticating cats for a couple thousand years, yet we breed them randomly; so basically theres no difference, all cats are wild, if you die they will survive on their own.
Mine are like furry pirahnas
Felishia González Any domesticated animal can potentially survive in the wild. Just look at mustangs, brumbies... Horses have been domesticated for 8000 years, yet once freed they can live like regular wild animals.
Katharine Bessey
I’ve never owned a cat for long, but it seems like crippling animals seems to be a disturbing past time here.
I don’t do it though.
Thank you so much for this video. I have never seen this species before, and It was too much fun seeing these wild ancestors to the domestic cat. It was so enjoyable to be able share a day of kittens with you, and be so close to a rarely shown animal.
I have an African Wild cat that came from a shelter, has every marking and characteristic. He's just a year and 4 months and has recently fully matured. Sweetest thing ever. We raised him with lots of love and he reciprocates. He has 3 siblings that he also loves and gets along well with all of them. But you can see in his mannerisms that there are wild, undomesticated instincts in him that all the nurturing isn't going to erase. He is super dense of muscle, incredibly strong for his size and Neo level quick. Quicker than any cat I've seen or owned, he's literally a blur when he goes into attack mode. One of our kittens (another male that he is super friendly with) looks like he's going to be massive. Going to be interesting watching the social dynamics as they all grow up.
These guys aren’t kittypets, they’re warriors.
Omg that's how my cat looks like the same fur and same face oml-
Domestic cats were evolved from these cats.So yea.. pretty similar.
+Paul V Barbar
Evolved? Are they genetically different?
Chris News
They are bigger, more aggressive.
+Paul V Barbar it's more like they adapt different ways
Evolution it's just a theory, it's a lie to say anything has "evolved" there are no proofs skeletons etc
JAVIER RS There is plenty of proof for evolution...
Beautiful cats....thank you to the people taking care and feeding them till they can go on their own !!!!
And 3 of them laying on top of you, so cute!
Hahaha! I love the way they treat you as furniture.
It's basically the same species like a domestic cat. European wildcat is slightly larger, but also can be considered as a subspecies.
Yep...
One of my favorite videos!
I've had domestic cats that actually look like these wild cats. They were purring machines too.
Omg! They are so cute ❤
Really are!!!! Love their "get bigger" stance they use with all that raised fur and hunched back.
5:25 As I know even the house cats becomes so wild at feeding time 🤣😂
Cool!
Growing up in E. Africa lots of them were in the neighbourhood and they were an or-some force. very beautiful cats and we new they were wild! unapproachable like in this video. they are also fearless!!
They’re very beautiful and so cute!
2:38 the cat on the lap is how my kitty sleeps on me
COOL!
Even a cat becomes so wild, doesn't it?
Quu kuroneko If not exposed to humans, ordinary cats go back to being feral or wild. Same thing.
I swear I had one either was this or bengal cat he was so amazing 🤩 I really miss him he was the coolest cat ever
Cool!
Great video! That part where they were about to be fed was hilarious.
Glad you enjoyed! They go crazy like zip zap cars 🚗 when feeding time arrives. Fun to watch. Junp and Cling to anything
you have to remember that these are kittens. most wild animals are tame as babies and go wild when they reach adulthood. That's what makes domestic cats different
If you maintain and consistent and repetitive positive relationship with a wild animal from start to finish, they will remain tame and consider you as family. These Wild Cats are the same as they were when kittens. Cheetah Experience even allows children to go inside their enclosure as tourists. This story is repeated with 100s of wild animal relationships worldwide. Bart the bear Utah, crocodile man in Costa Rica, Tima in Russia, Brutus the Grizzly in Montana, Lion Whisperer South Africa, Gabriel the Cheetah and me in South Africa.
Dolph C. Volker
For every story like that there are many more of people being mauled by their beloved "tame" pet tiger, lion, or chimpanzee. You can't use cheetahs as an example because they are well known for being one of the few large predators that is easy to tame, and even used to be used for hunting game. That is not true among almost all other wild predators and cheetahs are the exception, not the rule.
That is because they DID NOT consistently and repetitively maintain a positive, un-abusive relationship with their animals. I presented multiple predator/man relationship as examples. The wolf man at the London zoo and the bear man of northern Finland is another. There are 1000s of other people with pet predators out there with the same positive interactive formula with no incidents. The guy who killed himself in Ohio tried to feed himself to his tigers by placing meat all over his body. They did not eat him when let out of their enclosures. I don't condone or encourage the private ownership of wild animals if not necessary, just pointing out the fact that when done right, the animal has no reason to break the bond.
Domesticated and tamed are actually different. You can tame wild animals but you can't domesticate it (I mean it takes long time and thousands of generations to domesticate an animal so you can't do it yourself).
@@CheetahWhisperer Do you have any evidence that a majority of people who were mauled by wild animals mistreated them? Or are you just assuming that because it’s what you’d like to believe. It’s like saying heroin isn’t dangerous because thousands of people have done it and survived
They look like house cats too
They are adorable!
5:28 best thing I've seen all day
Hi Dolph.There were quite a few watchers here:we get the kneading,purring(heaven),the alert look,the inquisitive nose around:the use of the body as a jungle gym:and I'm glad you mention the"chattering" as well.They are captivated but soon lose interest when the birds don't appreciate the undivided attention paid to them;and that cheetah got told in no uncertain terms.And you drew the lucky straw when you had so many of these incredibly beautiful cats lying happily on your stomach and legs totally content in their dreams:) Cat heaven Dolph..seeing them eat in such orderly fashion was *great*:the lady explained the reasoning patiently and very well.A fabulous clip with your super commentary:and a big thanks for putting together this cat show.It is quite a performance and it all comes naturally.that is quality for you and another unforgettable experience.`
+myworldyourmusic11 OMGosh I can respond to you now in my channel!!!!!! THANKS! It helps to keep engaged with viewers, even if it is only one time for some. And I love answering their questions. Finally putting my Zoology degree to a better use than it just hanging on the wall.
Good to hear from you TUX. I've been away for awhile and am back. These Wild Cats are super cute and nice as can be. When tours go through, we drop off the kids with them. That is how much they are trusted.
Oh.. to answer what I meant by fixing your paragraphs months ago. When you want to create a new paragraph in your comment, you must hold down the SHIFT key and then hit RETURN, otherwise it jumbles all of your comments into one paragraph. It makes it easier to read. I don't know why CZcams is like that. Maybe it's just our systems. But it is something new since last year.
Hi Back.And good to hear again from you as well my friend.Nice surprises are great aren't they.There are a few more dotted around for you..I got lost in the jungle of your diversity and had a fantastic browse around.A warm compliment greets me as well:thank you.I see many nature clips from all over and it's great that I meet a like minded person who actually wants to talk about their experiences:not just go for the numbers game.I have always liked how you make time for people:sharing your wealth of experience and knowledge;and I have seen the very interesting way you plant the seeds of understanding more.Good for you.Thanks again for that info but it is mainly this scintillating format that causes so many setbacks:you will see people complaining about things everywhere:so I steer clear of it as much as possible. Friends have understood;and I *did* appreciate the tip very much:now you get problems if you want to use apostrophes:all very dumb and patience wears thin.They couldn't just let things be:a winning formula is now a crazy mess.
It's nice to know you are back;lucky you being in seventh heaven:I had been thinking about you and was wondering how you are;and here I find you:nice and relaxed.Well:look at the exalted company you are in:) I loved the arched back when she lets the cheetah know its place:a lovely clip.You mentioning the children..I can well believe it:it is all down to trust and having a healthy respect for another's home..and them having the time of their lives.Everyone is a winner.
How do 35 people watch this video and dislike it? Even haters in an awsome cat video?
Some people just HATE cats... it is sad. They are wonderful, extremely capable predators, affectionate, loving, personable with a heart. Only the devil could dislike them.
+Dolph C. Volker so sad to hear about Eden. I have owned two Bengal cats, one passed away due to heart failure and a bad breeder breeding bengals with heart disease. The second Bengal from a reputable breeder after the hard education from the first, still very healthy. Love your experiences, once in a lifetime with those beautiful cheetahs. Looked like Eden shared a very close bond with you.
@5:25 these are my cats when I get home from work and break out the temptations....
For those cats you are just nice and comfortable pillow 😂💕