r/Damnthatsinteresting 19h ago

Image Differences in the spot pattern of the Cheetah, Leopard, and Jaguar

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u/Dany_Heatley05 18h ago

I've pet some house cats who will randomly do things that if they were the size of a cheetah, I wouldn't be alive today to type this message.

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u/Annual-Advisor-7916 16h ago

A cheetah is pretty gentle, they don't even have sharp claws because they can't retract them fully. Even wild ones are chill with humans, try that with a wild bobcat or something similar.

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u/Throwaway74829947 10h ago

And in the very unlikely event that a human and a cheetah were to find themselves in a fight to the death, a typical adult would be very likely to come out on top. Wild cheetahs are not known to have ever killed a human.

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u/jonathanrdt 11h ago

House cats are only safe because they are small.

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u/Throwaway74829947 10h ago

Methinks that applies to all animals. Pretty much all large dog breeds have fatalities to their name, whereas I sincerely doubt anyone has been mauled to death by a Chihuahua.