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tblue37

(65,408 posts) Mon Jul 11, 2022, 08:12 PM Jul 2022

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Beautiful cheetah running:

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Beautiful cheetah running: (Original Post) tblue37 Jul 2022 OP

I always feel sorry for them when I see them at a zoo. Phoenix61 Jul 2022 #1

Me, too. They are magnificent animals not meant to be penned in Deuxcents Jul 2022 #3

They are also the most docile of the big cats. Phoenix61 Jul 2022 #5

Just wow! Deuxcents Jul 2022 #8

Oh, wow! Bayard Jul 2022 #10

23 feet! Skittles Jul 2022 #2

curious kitteh! niyad Jul 2022 #7

Wow. He's clocking about 75 mph. brush Jul 2022 #4

How graceful Beatlelvr Jul 2022 #6

Pure power.... Bayard Jul 2022 #9

So beautiful wendyb-NC Jul 2022 #11

Fantastic. Check out this footage Pinback Jul 2022 #12

Breathtaking Sky Jewels Jul 2022 #13

Phoenix61

(17,006 posts)

1. I always feel sorry for them when I see them at a zoo.

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Mon Jul 11, 2022, 08:14 PM

Jul 2022

They have 0 chance of ever getting to do that.

Deuxcents

(16,248 posts)

3. Me, too. They are magnificent animals not meant to be penned in

Reply to Phoenix61 (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 11, 2022, 08:18 PM

Jul 2022

Phoenix61

(17,006 posts)

5. They are also the most docile of the big cats.

Reply to Deuxcents (Reply #3)

Mon Jul 11, 2022, 08:23 PM

Jul 2022

Deuxcents

(16,248 posts)

8. Just wow!

Reply to Phoenix61 (Reply #5)

Mon Jul 11, 2022, 09:54 PM

Jul 2022

My cat cuddles.. when she wants to.. gives me kisses n “love bites”. It’s amazing how much our domestic cats are so much like their ancestors even thru all the evolution. I love em!

Bayard

(22,100 posts)

10. Oh, wow!

Reply to Phoenix61 (Reply #5)

Mon Jul 11, 2022, 10:22 PM

Jul 2022

Thanks for posting this.

Skittles

(153,169 posts)

2. 23 feet!

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Mon Jul 11, 2022, 08:16 PM

Jul 2022

no wonder the guides advise you just sit still!

niyad

(113,349 posts)

7. curious kitteh!

Reply to Skittles (Reply #2)

Mon Jul 11, 2022, 09:32 PM

Jul 2022

brush

(53,791 posts)

4. Wow. He's clocking about 75 mph.

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Mon Jul 11, 2022, 08:18 PM

Jul 2022

Beatlelvr

(619 posts)

6. How graceful

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Mon Jul 11, 2022, 08:55 PM

Jul 2022

It seems like the feet don't even touch the ground.

Bayard

(22,100 posts)

9. Pure power....

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Mon Jul 11, 2022, 10:21 PM

Jul 2022

His hind legs come quite a ways in front of his front feet. Like the coil and release of a spring.

I do wonder if there's another vehicle chasing him though, so one can film.

wendyb-NC

(3,328 posts)

11. So beautiful

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Mon Jul 11, 2022, 10:44 PM

Jul 2022

They are so Awesome, that cheetah is a magnificent work of in motion.

Pinback

(12,157 posts)

12. Fantastic. Check out this footage

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Mon Jul 11, 2022, 10:59 PM

Jul 2022

from “The Year Earth Changed” (David Attenborough documentary):

Sky Jewels

(7,113 posts)

13. Breathtaking

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Wed Jul 13, 2022, 01:09 AM

Jul 2022

Kitties large and small are the most magnificent and appealing beings on the planet, IMO.

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