Posted on 05/11/2018 8:25:18 AM PDT by doug from upland
I believe one must not argue with Darwin’s law, especially when it is being enforced before your very eyes.
It was truly amazing that no one was hurt.
“Boy, are people REALLY that stupid?”..............
Family mistakes bobcat cubs for litter of abandoned kittens:
http://www.nbc-2.com/story/38151843/family-mistakes-bobcat-cubs-for-litter-of-abandoned-kittens
Yes.........................
I was shocked to see them drive out and get out again!
At that point, it was as if the Cheetahs said: “Hey! We have another shot...we can’t let them get away this time!”
I am glad I didn’t have to watch an alternative ending.
Reminds me of a line from one of the Jungle Book movies, real people actors, not cartoon:
English Military man to Mowgli: Why is that cat looking at me that way?
Mowgli: He looks at you that way, because to him YOU are food!................
Nobody was hurt.
It looked like a very close call. That 5-year-old child had those big cats very interested.
How close was that last testing charge? 6 feet? 8 feet?
Way too close for comfort.
It was interesting that the cats were not interested when the people stayed close to the car, but once the people ventured out, even though they were farther away, the cats were quite interested.
My My, we knew people were that stupid, kinda explains the Hillary voters.
The peoples actions practically shouted:
We are stupid prey animals, free food!
How stupid is that woman to carry an infant up to the leopards!! They’re extremely lucky they weren’t mauled. The sad thing is, I wonder if they actually learned anything from the experience.
Stupid but lucky family. Just last year in China, similar situation occurred in one of Chinese natural parks near Beijing where tigers are kept. The driver(husband) and passenger(female) tried to switch. As soon as they are out, one of tigers attack the female and dragged her to the woods. The female’s mother in back seat came out to rescue. Another tiger attacked and mauled her instantly to death. Later the young female was rescued and saved.
It was interesting that the cats were not interested when the people stayed close to the car, but once the people ventured out, even though they were farther away, the cats were quite interested.
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Those big cats are smart. They’re running calculations figuring if it is worth making an attack run before the prey can scamper to safety.
They did not do it because they grow up in “let police handle this” culture
I know, right? Once people start videoing, they lose all sense of human decency.
And when they get eaten they’ll sue.
[[I generally don’t interfere with nature.]]
No sense of adventure- I like to tie liver to my back and run through the woods bleating like a wounded deer just to see what happens
There was a car that stopped next to them and told them to get back in the car. Then they drove around the corner and got out again. Maybe the people filming didn’t want to startle the cats into noticing them by starting up the car again and moving. The second time they didn’t start filming until the cats were already in attack mode so they might not have seen them get out of the car. Also found it interesting that they were cursing and muttering under their breath in english
The alternate ending would have ended with the cheetahs needing to be be shot dead.
I don’t like the idea of people getting themselves or their children killed. However, if they had been attacked and eaten, it would have been a graphic lesson to the rest of humanity.
Big cats, bears, and other predators are cool, and we have a responsibility to protect them.
But the cats, bears, and other predators simply look at us as food. Never forget that.
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