When Andy Stardust (@ImACultHero) shared some pictures of "support dogs" that are used to help out anxious cheetahs at the zoo. Turns out, it's quite a common practise.
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Look up the Bronx zoo's cheetah program and they raise them with dogs so they can take them to educational programs.
Andy Stardust @ImACultHero
Just learned that Cheetahs are really nervous animals, and some zoos give them "support dogs" to relax
GBrothers @comicsportsgeek · Jun 26
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I think those picks are from the Columbus Zoo. They do these cool cheetah runs where they have the dogs and cheetahs play and race
Champ @Champ_Dawg9 · Jun 26
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Ally the pup Frankie the Cub. Octagon Wildlife Sanctuary in Punta Gorda Florida.
Champ @Champ_Dawg9 · Jun 26
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Champ @Champ_Dawg9 · Jun 26
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Anne Hilborn @AnneWHilborn · Jun 26
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I've never watched a cheetah cub in the Serengeti and thought to myself "huh, that cub is super nervous"
Anne Hilborn @AnneWHilborn · Jun 26
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Playful? Rowdy? Rambunctious? Sleepy? A complete pain in the ass to their mothers? Yes. Nervous? No.
However if zoos are raising lone cheetah cubs without their mother or litter mates, I can imagine them behaving in 'nervous' ways
Anne Hilborn @AnneWHilborn · Jun 26
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It wouldn't surprise me that cheetah cubs who in the wild are always with their mother or siblings, would act differently if raised alone
Andy Stardust @ImACultHero
Just learned that Cheetahs are really nervous animals, and some zoos give them "support dogs" to relax
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