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this post was submitted on 24 May 2026
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Cheetah’s went through a genetic bottleneck somewhere between ten and twelve thousand years ago. There may have been less than ten left at one point. Dating the Cheetah Genetic Bottleneck
My totally silly theory is that humans in fact where adopting kits at that time and help saved the species, and that’s why they’re so almost domesticated.
I never knew for ages they’re part of the house cat branch of the feline family rather than the big cat branch with the lions and tigers, so that explains why they’re just floppy doofuses.
There is almost no genetic diversity among them. You can skin graft or transplant organs between any two cheetahs without fear of rejection.
Could have been the egyptians lol https://egyptfuntours.com/blog/cheetah-in-ancient-egypt/