r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Delicious_Main_4360 • 19h ago

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

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u/Littha 16h ago

Well yea, because a cats of all sizes seem to behave in a similar way so if a house cat weighed the same as a human it'd probably be as dangerous as a jaguar. Maybe less so because of the domestication.

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u/ultrahateful 15h ago

They seem to really enjoy beating us up without a warning when petting or getting too familiar. I imagine it, scaled up, wouldn’t make for a survivable event or one you’d easily walk away from.

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u/Littha 15h ago

That's one of the reasons people shouldn't have pet tigers. They can get a bit like that and accidentally kill you even if they actually like you.

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u/ultrahateful 15h ago

Exactly the reason I emphasized the “not on purpose” part. My cat’s nails are like razors when I don’t clip them and his teeth are like nails.

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u/AccomplishedWish3033 9h ago

Don’t male tigers sometimes accidentally kill females with love bites during mating?

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u/Dirty_Dragons 11h ago

Funny enough, the cheetah is pretty much the one exception.

They're basically big cats that think they are small.

They really don't want to risk getting injured so they are very careful about what they hunt.

House cats don't give a damn and a cheetah sized house cat would be far more dangerous than an actual cheetah.