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theactualcluegirl: “ claricechiarasorcha: “ meggannn: “ how can ppl say cats are heartless tbh ” I once stayed at a game reserve in South Africa, and they had three cheetahs – two males and one female. The boys stuck together (they were brothers),...
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theactualcluegirl:

claricechiarasorcha:

meggannn:

how can ppl say cats are heartless tbh

I once stayed at a game reserve in South Africa, and they had three cheetahs – two males and one female. The boys stuck together (they were brothers), but female cheetahs are solitary, save for when they are raising cubs. Which is hard work for cheetahs, because they don’t/can’t den, she’s working constantly to protect/move her cubs, as well as feeding both them and herself.

Now, these cheetahs ARE in a private reserve, but they’re still essentially wild. But they are more or less accustomed to the presence of people. And this cheetah, Ketswiri, got very badly injured in her leg one time, which usually would be fatal to a cheetah. The staff at the reserve helped her. Another time, she was starving, and they provided her a fresh antelope carcass. And she remembered this, because the science officer was telling us how one time he was watching Ketswiri and her cubs, and she wandered over and dumped all her cubs at his feet, and walked off. Like “watch my kids, I need some me time.” And he was panicking like COME BACK I CAN’T BABYSIT YOUR KIDS WTF

And this, children, is how cats literally domesticated themselves.

madrivervalleyicelandics: “ horseoverheart: “ redheadedxqh: “ horseoverheart: “ horsesthatmakeuss: “ horseoverheart: “ Same ” what happened here? ” Jack (the horse) is 28 years old and instead of putting him in a turnout pen during the day we just...
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madrivervalleyicelandics:

horseoverheart:

redheadedxqh:

horseoverheart:

horsesthatmakeuss:

horseoverheart:

Same

what happened here?

Jack (the horse) is 28 years old and instead of putting him in a turnout pen during the day we just let him roam the property. He usually sticks around the barn, grazing or just standing around. But his favorite thing to do is lay down in various random spots that he feels are comfortable. Every morning after they drag the arena footing he goes and flops down in the soft dirt. Whenever we get a new shipment of shavings you better believe Jack is right there rolling in them once the truck leaves.

This was one of his ground-softness-testings. The aisle is all rubber so it’s not hard but I doubt it was very comfortable. Jack would beg to differ.

this makes the picture 100x better. what a happy old man.

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This post has by far the highest amount of notes out of all my posts so I figured it would be something that I should post a follow up on. My trainer, Jack’s owner, posted this on Facebook today and I wanted to share it with you all.  

So sweet!

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