Three cheetahs spare tiny antelope's life... and play with him instead

dailymail.co.uk/ ^ | 29th January 2010 | Daily Mail Reporter

[bluecollarman]

Hello little antelope, would you like to play with us? Coming from three deadly cheetahs, it's the kind of invitation that's best refused - but amazingly, this impala escaped unscathed from its encounter. Luckily for the youngster, it seems these three male cheetahs simply weren't hungry.

[Caipirabob]

Three democrats play with a RINO republican moments before killing and eating it's political career...

[brwnsuga]

Is that baby’s name Arlen?

[bluecollarman]

“The mole was dead inside of 10 seconds. Jack Russells are varmint killin machines.”

lol , those little dogs are crazy...they’ll eat your toes right off!

Mine is rat terrier/lab mix. He fights with the Jack Russel next door through the chain link fence. They sound like they are tearing each other to pieces.

[bluecollarman]

"They couldn't quite figure it out, and the antelope escapted."

I think this ones got it figured out.

[Hot Tabasco]

Some comments say there are pictures of the the antelope being eaten which were not published.

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So, what's for dessert?

[Grizzled Bear]

By the look in the antelope's eyes, that looks like George W. Bush with Clinton, Pelosi and Obama, “You guys want me to be your friend?”

...or maybe McCain with the eneMedia back in the primaries, “I really like the way you guys call me ‘Maverick McCain!’ You guys really like me!”

[bluecollarman]

“Dogs play with kittens, baby squirrels etc.,”

My dog eats baby squirrels. Or at least parts of them.

[saganite]

Lions and buffalo and crocs, oh my! Rush went on and on about this video of Lions and a croc fighting over a baby buffalo. But the buffalo get in the last word.

http://www.granitestategaming.com/index.php?site=videos&action=detail&id=28

[phredo53]

Reminds me of the myth that animals only kill to eat. Then I saw the video of the two tigers that went on a rampage killing 7 antelope in just a few minutes time...then walked away.

[Oatka]

As the old saying goes, the lion may lie down with the lamb, but the lamb won’t get much sleep.

I understand that P. T. Barnum had a display of a lion actually lying down with a lamb. A reporter asked P.T. how he did it, and P.T. replied "Frequent and judicious application of a lamb".

I saw once on a nature channel where a confused cheetah didn't kill/eat a baby impala because the baby just laid there and didn't run, which would have triggered an attack by the cheetah.

[bluecollarman]

Thanks for posting that, I could not find them. This is the the picture the paper had for the final outcome. Why do they do that? The photographer claims he didn't even take the picture of the antelope running away and getting free.

[bluecollarman]

I saw that video pretty amazing.

[gthog61]

How sweet!

just like how dems play with RINOS right before they do something “bipartisan”

[DariusBane]

It’s like the naivete of Obama. He wishes the world were different. It’s not. Cheetahs will eat gazelles.

[cripplecreek]

[Hot Tabasco]

Click on the following link:

biosphoto

Then in the search area at the top, type in Cheetah in the first field then Impala.........You will see the whole sequence of pictures........

[bluecollarman]

Ha cute pictures. Those little fellers can really jump. More like Tasmanian Devils than dogs.

[bluecollarman]

“Then in the search area at the top, type in Cheetah in the first field then Impala.”

Thanks, I only searched in the first field when I looked. Appreciate the tip.

[john in springfield]

Along with the caption: “After playing with the young Impala, Cheetah brothers have killed it and eaten.”

Another news story that turned out to be completely false.

[Bigg Red]

Yeah, and my cat loves to play with mice before he eats them. Sorry, not buying this story.