# Variant on the kitten pic threads: cheetah cubs! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 25, 2005, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/variant-on-the-kitten-pic-threads-cheetah-cubs/309846 "2005-06-25T23:22:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/variant-on-the-kitten-pic-threads-cheetah-cubs/309846/1 "2005-06-25T23:22:27Z")
Cute still pic in [this CNN story](http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/06/24/cheetah.cubs.reut/index.html), but check out the link at the bottom of the story for the webcam. I caught them in camera at half past seven EST, and lucky me, they were in full active play mode. A couple were batting a ball hanging from a string from the ceiling! Momma Cheetah even strolled by to check on 'em. Awwwwwww! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2005, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/variant-on-the-kitten-pic-threads-cheetah-cubs/309846/2 "2005-06-26T01:57:50Z")
The cheetahs and the giraffes are sleeping now but the naked mole rat seems to be working the night shift. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2005, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/variant-on-the-kitten-pic-threads-cheetah-cubs/309846/3 "2005-06-26T02:51:39Z")
Now I feel bad- the light goes on when you access the webcam, I think, and the kitty woke up and looked at it. Then it stretched a bit and laid flat again. I could be wrong, I’m not conversant in webcam. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2005, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/variant-on-the-kitten-pic-threads-cheetah-cubs/309846/4 "2005-06-26T04:19:05Z")
Alright. _Everyone_, including the naked mole rats, is asleep. When you’re up past the naked mole rats bedtime, it’s time to go to bed! ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2005, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/variant-on-the-kitten-pic-threads-cheetah-cubs/309846/5 "2005-06-26T10:50:00Z")
That web cam is far too entertaining. 🙂 The cubs are adorable! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2005, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/variant-on-the-kitten-pic-threads-cheetah-cubs/309846/6 "2005-06-26T15:33:59Z")
It’s been theorized that the fur ridge on cheetah cubs is protective coloring, in that it resembles the fur of a honey badger, one of the more ferocious defenders of turf in the wild. ---
**Author:** ![mike1dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@mike1dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mike1dog)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2005, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/variant-on-the-kitten-pic-threads-cheetah-cubs/309846/7 "2005-06-26T15:49:54Z")
I decided to watch the naked mole rat cam instead. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2005, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/variant-on-the-kitten-pic-threads-cheetah-cubs/309846/8 "2005-06-26T22:25:57Z")
Hijack of my own thread: Wow, a thread that allows me to make joking references to both Kim Possible AND CSI! What’re the odds? Back to topic: All is quiet in Cheetahland at the moment. Pity. I guess I was lucky last time… ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2005, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/variant-on-the-kitten-pic-threads-cheetah-cubs/309846/9 "2005-06-27T00:26:52Z")
OMG, I figured it was the standard still picture web cam. So imagine my surprise when I saw baby cheetah jumping on ma cheetah’s head and rolling all over her! Surprised, and delighted. I heart cheetahs. ---
**Author:** ![MrFantsyPants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@MrFantsyPants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrFantsyPants)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2005, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/variant-on-the-kitten-pic-threads-cheetah-cubs/309846/10 "2005-06-27T02:07:01Z")
> [@Archergal](#): > > Surprised, and delighted. I heart cheetahs. ooh, ooh, can I share a photo… [This](http://www.sciencematrix.com/Zebra/Cheetahs.jpg) was taken by my wife in the Maasai Mara a couple of years back. Real honest-to-goodness wild cheetah baby! ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2005, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/variant-on-the-kitten-pic-threads-cheetah-cubs/309846/11 "2005-06-27T02:28:46Z")
> [@MrFantsyPants](#): > > ooh, ooh, can I share a photo… > > [This](http://www.sciencematrix.com/Zebra/Cheetahs.jpg) was taken by my wife in the Maasai Mara a couple of years back. Real honest-to-goodness wild cheetah baby! **MrFantsyPants** , that’s a fabulous picture! Thanks for sharing it! ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2005, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/variant-on-the-kitten-pic-threads-cheetah-cubs/309846/12 "2005-06-27T02:33:15Z")
I am going to have nightmares about naked mole rats, tonight. One of them is trying to eat its own foot. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2005, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/variant-on-the-kitten-pic-threads-cheetah-cubs/309846/13 "2005-06-27T02:46:38Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > I am going to have nightmares about naked mole rats, tonight. > > One of them is trying to eat its own foot. That’s the least of the ‘WTF is going on?’ I’ve been puzzling about over them. The more I watch, the more odd their behavior seems. The burrowing into nothing, the collecting all the stuff around them only to move it around more, then the sudden all directions pile-on of 6 naked mole rats - on behalf of species (?) mammalia, I disavow them and now consider naked mole rats to be bugs of some kind. Still, Naked Mole Rat Cam could be a decent band name. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Goob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2005, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/variant-on-the-kitten-pic-threads-cheetah-cubs/309846/14 "2005-06-27T13:49:41Z")
Years ago as a teenager I came home to find a lion cub in my kitchen, does that count? Really, in upstate NY my Mom’s friend had a baby lion and brought him over. He was about the size of a Golden Retriever. I have a picture of him in the living room on a leash playing with a chunk of firewood. Now I need to go in the attic and dig through my boxes of pictures. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/variant-on-the-kitten-pic-threads-cheetah-cubs/309846/15 "2005-07-07T02:55:44Z")
Okay everybody… I have decided that as long as I have the Naked Mole Rat cam, I don’t need cable. It’s seriously better than reality TV. ---
**Author:** ![Vision\_of\_Love](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Vision\_of\_Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vision_of_Love)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/variant-on-the-kitten-pic-threads-cheetah-cubs/309846/16 "2005-07-07T04:07:14Z")
Where are the animals? ☹ Well, a cheetah walked by in the background on the Outdoor Cheetah Cam, but that hardly counts, as I could barely see him/her I am impressed that this is a live moving cam though. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/variant-on-the-kitten-pic-threads-cheetah-cubs/309846/17 "2005-07-07T04:33:42Z")
I have never met a cheetah cub, but I’d like to. Big cats fascinate me. [Here](http://www.mortalwombat.com/Image/Hold_That_Tiger.jpg) is a photo of me with my husband and a sweet little tiger cub (I am the redheaded critter on the left). ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/variant-on-the-kitten-pic-threads-cheetah-cubs/309846/18 "2005-07-09T02:16:19Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > Okay everybody… I have decided that as long as I have the Naked Mole Rat cam, I don’t need cable. It’s seriously better than reality TV. That’s 'cause the naked mole-rats have a better writing staff. I’m waiting for one of the rats to undergo an extreme makeover and get a body weave! ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/variant-on-the-kitten-pic-threads-cheetah-cubs/309846/19 "2005-07-09T02:25:28Z")
. Now, cheetah CUBES would be wicked cool. [Zoology Dragon](http://www.rathergood.com/zoology/) flash animation which helps explain the concept. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/variant-on-the-kitten-pic-threads-cheetah-cubs/309846/20 "2005-07-09T03:32:59Z")
> [@pinkfreud](#): > > I have never met a cheetah cub, but I’d like to. Big cats fascinate me. > > [Here](http://www.mortalwombat.com/Image/Hold_That_Tiger.jpg) is a photo of me with my husband and a sweet little tiger cub (I am the redheaded critter on the left). Awww! What a cutie! I love big cats too, and especially the smaller ones like ocelots. Twice now I’ve gotten to visit a “little big cat” sanctuary and interact with the cats–[here](http://www.magespace.net/me_n_isis.jpg) is a picture of me getting a hug from Isis, a very sweet ocelot. (Isis is way more photogenic than I am. 🙂 )