Hmmm. It's the sort of thing that only an expert in the species' behavior could get away with. And it will work really well until the day that it doesn't work with the wrong animal. What will happen that day? The animal killed or the expert?

Anyhow, good on her. It's her life to live!

yeah i'd say A she literally teased them and somehow has there behavior figured out enough to do this, but just like most of the people that think they've figured out an animals behavior she probably will have something go wrong and make the news.

I seem to recall that there was once someone who became very comfortable around coastal grizzlies, now what happened to him again...?

isn't this how little timothy treadwell got his start?

Pretty brave. I notice in part of it, they seem more afraid of the camera. Plus we know there's at least one person to help back her up.

But I have stared down our three cats many... uh, several times. It may not seem as brave, since the biggest is 14 pounds, but those claws can get really sharp.

Hate to let you down, but those are not wild cheetah. They are shy but can be tamed. History books are full of reference of folks using them for hunting along with falcoln.

Notice how she plays with their natural tendencies to chase when she turns and recoil when she faces them. She knows what she's doing.

It's hard to draw the line with what you would call wild or not. Cheetahs, even the wildest ones, seem to be less wary around humans than just about any other predator.

What a pissy bunch of animals!

when you play with fire...

Those cats appear habituated. They already know who she is. Yet, like "bear-boy", still soft on the outside and crunchy in the middle.

Where the heck are you going to find that many truly wild cheetahs in one place? I smell something of a setup, but it is still an impressive episode. I wouldn't do it, myself. ----Might even be worse if they've lost their fear of (wo)man.