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tblue37

(68,449 posts) Fri Jun 6, 2025, 01:32 PM Jun 2025

A family of Cheetahs sleeps with this ranger every night.

A family of Cheetahs sleeps with the kind ranger every night.

Cheetahs are the fastest running land animals in the world.
— DAPPER DON DHARSHI (@dapperdondharshi.bsky.social) 2025-05-29T15:03:32.586Z

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A family of Cheetahs sleeps with this ranger every night. (Original Post) tblue37 Jun 2025 OP

Wow, what a life. sinkingfeeling Jun 2025 #1

Love it! Bayard Jun 2025 #2

Awesome!! SWBTATTReg Jun 2025 #3

Longer video--they all want to be closer: tblue37 Jun 2025 #4

So cute, thank you very much tblue37 debm55 Jun 2025 #5

I had never seen the full video. awesomerwb1 Jun 2025 #6

sinkingfeeling

(58,038 posts)

1. Wow, what a life.

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Fri Jun 6, 2025, 01:37 PM

Jun 2025

Bayard

(30,275 posts)

2. Love it!

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Fri Jun 6, 2025, 01:39 PM

Jun 2025

Especially when one gets up to snuggle in closer to the ranger.

Thanks, tblue37!

SWBTATTReg

(26,399 posts)

3. Awesome!!

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Fri Jun 6, 2025, 01:41 PM

Jun 2025

tblue37

(68,449 posts)

4. Longer video--they all want to be closer:

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Fri Jun 6, 2025, 01:43 PM

Jun 2025

To answer some questions: They aren't wild cheetahs, but tamed cheetahs from the Cheetah Experience in Bloemfontein, South Africa. The video is part of a larger video uploaded in 2019.

Still, very cute.
— Hank Anderson (@hankanderson85.bsky.social) 2025-05-30T14:16:44.449Z

debm55

(61,732 posts)

5. So cute, thank you very much tblue37

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Fri Jun 6, 2025, 01:47 PM

Jun 2025

awesomerwb1

(5,153 posts)

6. I had never seen the full video.

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Fri Jun 6, 2025, 03:16 PM

Jun 2025

I have seen this video in the past (cut after the first cheetah gets up and lies down next to the ranger) but never the final part which is definitely the best part!

Cheetahs may be the fastest, but they're just big scaredy cats.

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