Posted on 07/04/2016 12:34:43 PM PDT by CorporateStepsister
This adorable footage shows the moment a wildlife volunteer is reunited with a cheetah he helped care for a year ago.
When he was volunteering at Cheetah Experience in South Africa, Dolph Volker bonded with 10-month-old cheetah cub Gabriel. He spent a lot of time with the cub, feeding him, playing and cuddling him.
When he returned to the sanctuary, Mr Volker was reunited with the big cat, and their embrace is adorable.
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Thank-you .
I have heard in captive breeding situations when cougars are bonded with dogs the canine can actually be the dominant partner. So just don’t feed them together or the dog will gobble all of cougar’s food. lol
Oh, cheetah. I’m sorry. The cougar was really a joke. :)
My pleasure.
Come to think of it-that is what it appears to be...
It was a sort of double play on the overall cat theme, 1970s-80s rock group, who are now cougars...
I think they also observe the rule “don’t bite the hand that feeds you.” I know my housecat does.
The small ones (77 lbs) are about 2 1/2 times larger than a fully grown Maine Coon Cat.
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If you're going to get so friendly with a male like Gabriel, better off neutering him which tends to make him more docile.
I suppose you do not think cat lovers know anything about neutering male cats?
I rescued a domestic cat whose under arm had been badly torn, who ended up with my cat, whose absolutely beautiful kittens were over 30 pounds, but not at all due to being fat.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Domesticated_Red_Fox#Initial_experimentation
The retention of juvenile traits is the key.
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