Imagine hearing this behind the bush and you thought its a cat 💀💀
You could probably pet it tho! Cheetahs are so endangered that the only reason they’re not extinct yet is because of extensive human efforts, and cheetahs aren’t blind. Pretty much every cheetah alive is habituated to humans, to the point that even the ‘wildest’ cheethas that have had the least possible amount of human contact are still going to walk up to their wildlife reservation guard with their cubs and make him their babysitter for the day. Researchers studying cheethas have quite literally slept cuddled up to them. While they still couldn’t be considered domesticated, humans have never really been their prey, and have become habituated (out of necessity, mind you) to the point you’d have to do something EXTREMELY stupid to get killed by a cheetah. And yo’d probably have to do most of the work.
And the cheethas that have been socialized with helper dogs? If they see you petting their dog brother, there is a very good chance they will allow you to pet them as well. If you’re good and the zookeeper lets you, ofc.
