Don’t Miss The Moment When Cheetahs Gang Up and Jump On Top of a Safari Jeep

There is so much about animals that brings us immeasurable joy as humans. From having household pets and service animals to even visiting the local zoo in your city is just the boost we often need. However, it would be negligent if we didn’t share the excitement it can bring us to experience animals in the wild. Their nature is vastly different from the animals we know and love that are trained. Don’t miss this heart-stopping moment experience in the video below. 

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Cheetahs Get Too Close To Tourists

The TikTok video just above takes us to Africa. A group of tourists are in for a huge surprise when they come face to face with cheetahs. The Games V331 TikTok page posted this video to their channel with over 27,000+ followers. The most recent videos they have shared are of monkeys, seals, and bears. 

Cheetahs Make Themselves At Home

As the video above starts out we see a safari vehicle has stopped their tour to enjoy the beauty of the cheetahs that are close by. The cheetahs promptly leap up onto the top of the jeep to relax. This gives the tourists probably the craziest face-to-face interaction they’ve ever had with an African predator. And while it may seem incredibly sweet that cheetahs would get so close, let’s look at the danger of it. 

According to Africa Geographic, when cheetahs are too comfortable around humans that they can get within inches of their bodies, they quickly lose the fear of humans that they should have. “In a closed environment in such close proximity to people, any sudden movement or noise from a guest could provoke a defensive or aggressive response from the cheetah, which will inevitably result in injury.” 

Cheetahs have a vulnerable population of under 8,500 individuals living in Africa and Asia. And when their fear of humans is diminished, it can put their lives in danger as well.

Do Cheetahs Live in Groups?

It may be easy to think that cheetahs are completely solitary creatures like leopards are. However, cheetahs will actually find other members to form groups with.

The National Zoo shares that “males can live as singletons, but often range in permanent, closely bonded groups called coalitions.” Female cheetahs, however, are a different story. They prefer to live alone unless they are in the company of their babies. 

The male cheetahs who form their coalition will learn to defend their territory together and even hunt with one another. And as we can see from the video above, they also apparently like to get close to the tourists who want to know more about them on tours. 

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