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#cheetah #cats_that_are_bigger #like_the_stripes
Jan 7, 2018 4:15 PM
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#cheetah #cats_that_are_bigger #like_the_stripes
croquetadikraken
Alsenoth
My favorite animal!
jusmuuu
Obviously that is russian cheetah
LittleMissSpider
That's "global warming melted my spots" cheetah
ardanaru
Tire marks ? ????
NightfallEverdark
Racing stripes.
OkButWhyWereTheyFilming
No wonder it's endangered, it clearly just got run over by a car in a cartoon.
fishinfool89
Nifty
romicra88
Honest thought here. Are we sure they're not just a successful cheetah jaguar hybrid? Like a liger?
andrewpascoe
Hyena?
sleeek
Can cloning become mainstream already. We re going to have no species left :(
tankboy
Sure, who wouldn't want a fur coat made from that baby's skin! Soooo cool!
N1lkki
Cheetah breekah
origamivagina
This cheeta Be Nigga rich
BigFatJuicyMonkies
Skid marks.
extrasauceplz
Rare Slav cheetah
RedPandaDeluxe
These Slavs and their cosplay is getting out of hand
williate
Their heads look so small compared to the bodies
skribs
Cheetahs are in trouble because they're an inferior species. Built for speed at the cost of power, they lose meals to those with power.
AcroCat32
Amazing. Everything you just said was wrong. King Cheetahs ARE NOT A SPECIES. They are a colour morph caused by a recessive gene.
AcroCat32
If both parents are carrying it, a quarter of the litter is expected to inherit the coat.
AcroCat32
Most shady zoos will pretend that a colour morph is an endangered species as part of a scam to trick eople who don't do research.
AcroCat32
However, cheetahs, in general, are listed as a vulnerable species. While it is a problem that needs attention, they aren't endangered yet.
Thatsjustgreatthankyou
Is that...is that a leash? On a white, human wrist? That. Is. A. Badass. Cheetah.
PmMeYourFavDinosaur
Why is it in trouble?
Nefel
Severe breeding problems, poachers and rich dudes from dubai wanting pets. The rare variety itself isn't, it's just a recessive gene.
NaughtyWalrus
Originally thought to be variation. Just recessive genetic trait if I recall correctly.
flavivsaetivs
Yep, it's just an active "tabby" gene which all cats have. They're not an individual species, but Cheetahs are in real trouble.
Thatsjustgreatthankyou
Runs so fast its spots smear
tacobellsaga
King cheetahs are a genetic mutation, similar to that of a black jaguar or leopard. They are not endangered on their own; CHEETAHS are.
tacobellsaga
Do not draw attention towards an exponentially small part of the cheetah population when the cheetah species as a whole must be protected.
DadJokesCollector
I don't like cheetahs. Racers should have integrity.
MissSpelledTattoo
Came back to upvote, Dad
DadJokesCollector
Thanks SpelledTattoo
Falanxzealot
They are not cheetahs. they are honestahs.
BabySharkEtc
whosthatspartansittinginthattree
You mean skid marks
DadJokesCollector
They must be streakers.
CaspianQuix
We're all in real trouble, act accordingly.
TheAngryBear
I think you'd say, we're in royal trouble.
RetConMan
Yes, but not for the reason(s) you're thinking of.
mph5mph
Panic?
Buttlickerourpriceshaveneverbeenlower
Yes. At the disco.
ididntgetthejobatfruitloops
Should we all go to our room?
WorkerLurker
Let’s all go to my room, eventually the building will collapse and when the walls fall off it will be a house shaped mass of people
Moriarty
Buckbeak1486
No... Just Trump.
ForReasonsOfScience
What's Trump done that sets him apart from past presidents in that regard? And no, I'm not sticking up for him
DoingItWrongSince1980
AJlTPAI
The Adidas Cheetah
3MangoTrees
[Extra fast]
SurelyNotHitler
Yuo may fren. Diserv true GOPNIK AWERD!
iancarry
too bad, its not adidas puma :D
P0G0THECL0WN
Slav cheetah is best cheetah
ASongOfPissAndFarts
All Day I Dream About Stripes
TheAngryBang
The adiosCheetah
cujoex
Aditah? Cheeditas?
shmekie
Not everything needs to be a pun.
Ayyylmeow
Achedas
Ayyylmeow
Bless you
mountaindewitos
scientific name: Adidus Cheetus
tomobach
The biggest problem that they face is that there was a massive population drop some time ago that has lead to a lot of inbreeding (part 1)
flavivsaetivs
The main problem is high mortality rate in part due to inbreeding and farmers shooting cheetahs that threaten their livestock.
BigLizardInYourBackyard
Cheetahs have very little genetic variation because of this. I wonder how many more varieties like the king cheetah there were before the
BigLizardInYourBackyard
population drop
flavivsaetivs
There are two still existing subspecies. The Saharan Cheetah and the Asiatic Cheetah, both of which are on the edge of extinction.
flavivsaetivs
Saharan Cheetahs and Asiatic Cheetahs are both estimated at <30-40 individuals.
flavivsaetivs
Both were overexploited for furs by ancient and medieval populations. Cheetahs were far more common than leopards, etc.
flavivsaetivs
Cheetahs went through a genetic bottleneck of 7 individuals at the end of the last ice age, yes.
tomobach
I don't know what the solution to this may be (aside from extremely impractical breeding programs) but they need some kind of (part 2)
tomobach
Urgent plan, otherwise they will die out whether we care or not. This may be one of the few extinctions that man can lay claim to (part 3)
tomobach
But we should care about it just as much. I hope something can be done. Rant over.
shedooooooooo
People should also stop killing them just to sell their beautiful fur as coats.
TheosophicBlues
Perhaps some type of gene therapy? Yeah. This is one of the few cases were humans aren't the main cause but where I hope we are the solution
undead4life
Not saying we shouldn't do something, but one could argue that what we are seeing are the death throws of a species loosing out in evolution
shedooooooooo
Due to poaching and habitat destruction. Humans are at fault not evolution.
tomobach
There is a case there, much like pandas. I'm not saying I think extinction is right, I'm saying I don't know what the right thing is (1/2)
Tylendal
Cheetahs take incredibly well to being pets, even adults taken out of the wild. Breeding program wouldn't be that impractical.
Stephie0020
I volunteer to breed them!!
tomobach
Yes, I've heard that they're the only big cats that enjoy domesticated life, and the only ones that purr. But the problem is with (1/2)
Falanxzealot
They're not big cats, that's why. They're not a member of Panthera. They have their own genus, Acynonix
tomobach
King cheetahs specifically and their numbers are so low that catching enough to breed is hard.
Tylendal
Was gonna make a joke about cardboard boxes, but googling "Cheetah in a box" only returns pictures of jaguars.
callmethelizardqueen
Pumas, bobcats and I think panthers also purr.
Falanxzealot
Which panther? Do you mean cougars, not melanistic leopards and jaguars?
tomobach
I was not aware of that
ps238principal
It's hard to save them. After all, Cheetahs never prosper.
13Alpha
Everybody else who replied to you is an idiot, I love you. If I was not married, I would take you in a manly fashion. Because you're pretty.
shedooooooooo
They have prospered for millions of years. There were hundreds of thousands of them. Until humans killed them all.
13Alpha
*Keeps typing as joke goes right over your head
undead4life
Well, you're wrong. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC46261/
shedooooooooo
But people don’t give a shit, they still want to hunt them regardless of species just for being cheetahs. Just because their numbers 1/2
shedooooooooo
Have always been small (for millions of years) doesn’t mean humans have rights to eliminate any possible chance for continued survival. 2/2
undead4life
Do you think we shouldnt be allowed to do so as well? Humans, or anything else, thriving necessitates to some degree other species failing.
undead4life
I mean, it's not a right; but I do ave to ask, why do you think humans are exempt from life? Seriously.
undead4life
ALL organisms are seeking to consume resources, multiple, and continue doing so; better each generation if possible. That's what life is.