Meerkat Attacks Cheetah, Cheetah Mistakes It For Grooming And Starts To Purr Loudly
Meet Kinji. He is a friendly young cheetah at Cheetah Experience, a not-for-profit organization in South Africa that provides sanctuary for a number of endangered and threatened species, including cheetahs, leopards, male lions, servals, caracals, African wildcats, wolves, meerkats and a Siberian tiger.
Kinji loves the meerkats, and often goes down to visit them. The feeling, however, is certainly not mutual. Not that Kinji cares! While the meerkats see Kinji as a natural enemy and therefore a threat, Kinji just wants a little attention. Rubbing himself on the enclosure, you can tell from his purrs that while the meerkats furiously try to repel him with fearless attacks, Kinji is actually loving it, mistaking the attacks for friendly grooming.
According to carer Dolph C. Volker, Kinji very rarely purrs and the meerkat ‘attacks’ are one of the only things that gets him do it. “Not even I can get Kinji to purr” he says. “I think Kinji enjoys the scratching the meerkats do to his fur. But they are definitely trying to hurt him.” I guess some like it rough!
You can Visit the Cheetah Experience website to find out more about Kinji and his meerkat frenemies.
More info: Cheetah Experience | Dolph C. Volker
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Share on FacebookMeercat: Let me have emm, boy the only thing HOLDING me is this cage, arghh take this and that. Cheetah: can you go a little lower, ooh that's the spot.
Meerkat: Imma kill you! Kill you dead! Cheetah: Can you kill me slightly more to the left please yes that's the spot PURRRR
Only cheetahs! And they're the only big cat that can meow.
Load More Replies...I'm not sure that Kinji actually thinks it's grooming. I think he may be like my big kitty, who enjoys antagonizing the little one. He may be purring partially because he knows they're annoyed and can't hurt him.
Poor little cheetah just wants friends. I would be happy to give him good pets and scritches.
You can just feel the meerkats' impotent rage at not being able to reach the cheetah.
"Sometimes food, toys and meerkats make him purr" Well, maybe he was purring because he could not decide if the meerkats are food or toys? This was really funny, I loved the way the cheetah totally does not cared the meerkat fierce attempts to kill him :D
I love ho when the guy tickles kanji the cheetahs belly he's like "RAWR!!! I FEROCIOUSLY ATTACK YOUR ARM!!!" *lick lick lick*
Well the cheetah wanted their ball--should have been given one too
Eh, I bet he's like the dogs and cats that like to run up and rub all over my allergic sister. He knows exactly how to mess with their minds. Shoot, I used to do the same things to bullies in school. I would pretend I thought their abuse was affection and just annoy them all day. Worked like a charm.
It cruel to stress out the meerkats like that just because it's entertaining for the cheetah (and the humans).
Meercat: Let me have emm, boy the only thing HOLDING me is this cage, arghh take this and that. Cheetah: can you go a little lower, ooh that's the spot.
Meerkat: Imma kill you! Kill you dead! Cheetah: Can you kill me slightly more to the left please yes that's the spot PURRRR
Only cheetahs! And they're the only big cat that can meow.
Load More Replies...I'm not sure that Kinji actually thinks it's grooming. I think he may be like my big kitty, who enjoys antagonizing the little one. He may be purring partially because he knows they're annoyed and can't hurt him.
Poor little cheetah just wants friends. I would be happy to give him good pets and scritches.
You can just feel the meerkats' impotent rage at not being able to reach the cheetah.
"Sometimes food, toys and meerkats make him purr" Well, maybe he was purring because he could not decide if the meerkats are food or toys? This was really funny, I loved the way the cheetah totally does not cared the meerkat fierce attempts to kill him :D
I love ho when the guy tickles kanji the cheetahs belly he's like "RAWR!!! I FEROCIOUSLY ATTACK YOUR ARM!!!" *lick lick lick*
Well the cheetah wanted their ball--should have been given one too
Eh, I bet he's like the dogs and cats that like to run up and rub all over my allergic sister. He knows exactly how to mess with their minds. Shoot, I used to do the same things to bullies in school. I would pretend I thought their abuse was affection and just annoy them all day. Worked like a charm.
It cruel to stress out the meerkats like that just because it's entertaining for the cheetah (and the humans).
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