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02-16-2016, 02:39 AM | #1 | |||
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Feb 15th, 2016: Making Cheetahs
Addison, a Cheetah at San Diego Zoo Global’s off-exhibit Cheetah Breeding Center, pleased the
when she dropped four kits with her first litter. They all praised her but she said, Meh, hold my beer and watch this. She then at eight years old, dropped her second litter of six little furballs. The record is eight. Quote:
make three months, 50% to predators and 40% to lack of genetic diversity, because.... Quote:
See what I mean. "Please take them for socializing... pretty please... with honey on it?" Quote:
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02-16-2016, 04:06 AM | #2 |
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Hmmm. I think this is the first time I've found the adult more attractive than the baby animal!
Usually the babies are all cute with their fluff and big eyes and all, but these little powderpuffs miss the sheer elegance of the mother. Good on the zoo that they'll live long enough to achieve it
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02-16-2016, 06:54 AM | #3 |
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Why are there no casinos in Africa?
Because there are so many Cheetahs.
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02-16-2016, 07:16 AM | #4 |
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Not long ago I saw photos online of a female cheetah in the wild who had managed the previously unrecorded feat of raising FIVE cubs to the age of nine weeks!
If I were a wildlife biologist I would have strongly advocated stealing two or three of them from her, finishing their upbringing in a for-release rehabilitation center, and turned them loose in areas where the very slight genetic differences could actually help the wild populations. But that's just me. Not sure if anyone ever confirmed it, but for the roughly 42 years I've been watching nature documentaries and researching wildlife biology, the theory on the coloration of VERY young cheetah cubs has been that the long white hackle that runs down their spine the first few weeks, contrasting with charcoal-ish sides, belly, and legs, is meant to imitate Africa's favorite good ol' walking havoc seeking a place to happen--the honey badger. Domestic cats, it is now believed, descend largely from small African and western Asian wild species. When a housecat puts its ears back and hisses, evolutionary biologists now believe it's trying to convince you it's a freaking cobra. No wonder some folks aren't comfortable with cats! "You feed me every day and make sure I have clean water and a safe home but I don't like your new relationship partner so I'm gonna pretend I can TOTALLY KILL THEM!" |
02-16-2016, 07:41 AM | #5 |
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I wonder if Franklin Park Zoo has room for any more Cheetahs? Probably not, cuz Boston.
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02-16-2016, 10:47 AM | #6 |
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Cheetah cheetah mean mistreatah
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