# Impala escapes 2 hungry cheetahs by jumping into tourist's car. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 10, 2013, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impala-escapes-2-hungry-cheetahs-by-jumping-into-tourists-car/663145 "2013-07-10T16:02:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impala-escapes-2-hungry-cheetahs-by-jumping-into-tourists-car/663145/1 "2013-07-10T16:02:47Z")
Clever animal disappointed 2 hungry cheetahs. Some stills posted but the video is amazing. > **[Cheetah-ing death: Impala escapes hungry predators by jumping into a car full...](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2359288/Impala-escapes-Cheetahs-jumping-car-tourists-Kruger-National-Park.html)** > > A terrified impala managed to narrowly avoid death, by jumping into a tourist's car as it was chased by two cheetahs in Kruger National Park, South Africa. > [@](#): > > Desperate times require desperate measures – and when an impala was targeted by two vicious cheetahs, it made a jump for it that will not soon be forgotten. > > The distressed animal was captured on camera leaping into a car full of tourists in order to escape the predators. > > The terrified animal appeared to be seconds away from death when an unexpected window of opportunity appeared – quite literally. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impala-escapes-2-hungry-cheetahs-by-jumping-into-tourists-car/663145/2 "2013-07-10T16:20:50Z")
Cheetah 1: What??!? Cheetah 2: Can they DO that? Is that allowed? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impala-escapes-2-hungry-cheetahs-by-jumping-into-tourists-car/663145/3 "2013-07-10T16:28:32Z")
It’s a good thing that the cheetah didn’t leap into the car too. That would have been awkward. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impala-escapes-2-hungry-cheetahs-by-jumping-into-tourists-car/663145/4 "2013-07-10T16:29:14Z")
A preview of the so-called plot line of the next movie in “The Fast and the Furious” series? ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impala-escapes-2-hungry-cheetahs-by-jumping-into-tourists-car/663145/5 "2013-07-10T16:33:47Z")
I wish they would have kept filming. The dude in the car into which the impala jumped surely reacted about a second later. It’s not like the impala would consider the car’s passengers as friends. Also, the last cheetah (I think) slams his head into the side of the car. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impala-escapes-2-hungry-cheetahs-by-jumping-into-tourists-car/663145/6 "2013-07-10T17:55:19Z")
Only way to make it better would be for the impala to’ve jumped into an Impala. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impala-escapes-2-hungry-cheetahs-by-jumping-into-tourists-car/663145/7 "2013-07-10T18:10:42Z")
I know there are animals that can jump farther than that, but it’s still impressive to see those impala jumping clear across the road. That’s got to be what, like 25 - 30 feet, with a good 6 - 7 feet of air? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impala-escapes-2-hungry-cheetahs-by-jumping-into-tourists-car/663145/8 "2013-07-10T18:14:14Z")
I like the way the foreground cheetah screeches to a halt while staring at the car. That’s exactly what would happen if this had been a cartoon. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impala-escapes-2-hungry-cheetahs-by-jumping-into-tourists-car/663145/9 "2013-07-10T18:30:54Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > It’s a good thing that the cheetah didn’t leap into the car too. That would have been awkward. 😉 It’s [not beyond their ken.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uwB6K5XvQg) ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impala-escapes-2-hungry-cheetahs-by-jumping-into-tourists-car/663145/10 "2013-07-10T18:35:09Z")
Maybe the impala got the idea from [this video?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBwqbqZ3L60) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impala-escapes-2-hungry-cheetahs-by-jumping-into-tourists-car/663145/11 "2013-07-10T18:37:02Z")
Maybe that’s what this stupid [antelope](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2oymHHyV1M) was trying. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impala-escapes-2-hungry-cheetahs-by-jumping-into-tourists-car/663145/12 "2013-07-10T18:44:15Z")
> [@LawMonkey](#): > > Only way to make it better would be for the impala to’ve jumped into an Impala. Dammit. That’s what I was going to say. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impala-escapes-2-hungry-cheetahs-by-jumping-into-tourists-car/663145/13 "2013-07-10T18:45:55Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Cheetah 1: What??!? > > Cheetah 2: Can they DO that? Is that allowed? It’s really unfair. First cheetahs are going extinct from lack of diversity, and now impalas get to hide in cars. What’s next, permits to hunt impala? ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impala-escapes-2-hungry-cheetahs-by-jumping-into-tourists-car/663145/14 "2013-07-10T20:19:27Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > It’s really unfair. First cheetahs are going extinct from lack of diversity, and now impalas get to hide in cars. What’s next, permits to hunt impala? Maniacal impalas _chasing_ cheetahs in cars.