Have you heard a cheetah purr?

These big cats have a powerful purr. Listen to Kiburi, one of the Houston Zoo's cheetah pair. He's in his habitat in the first half of the video, then moves inside to the building so we could hear his purr even better. I could hear him across the room once we were inside! For more info about our cheetahs, visit http://www.houstonzoo.org/

Kito and Kiburi share their Zoo home with Tusker and Taji, two Anatolian shepherd dogs. A Turkish breed, Anatolians are revered for their shepherding abilities, most recently in Africa where they guard livestock against predators, including leopards and cheetahs.

Kito and Kiburi arrived at the Houston zoo in October 2007 when they were just five days old. They fit in the palm of my hand, and their eyes werent even open, said Carnivore Supervisor, surrogate cheetah mom and one of the brothers main trainers Sara Riger.

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[vava54own]

0:44

Prey spotted, requesting permission to engage.

[SirAvalord]

there must be one biiiiig litter box >.<

[DracoAzule]

@WolfXY2J I never get people who wear real fur. It's like they wanna go out and show everyone how much they care for their social status more than the environment.

If they actually watched the process of killing the animals and turning them into clothes they may think twice.

[WolfXY2J]

@DracoAzule Cheetahs are probley my favorite cats of the cat family. It's sad some assholes hunt them for their skins (Or did)

[DracoAzule]

@WolfXY2J Of course. Even my house cats are like that sometimes lol

[WolfXY2J]

@DracoAzule It depends if they are in the wild or in captivity such as homes or reserves. the Wild you never know but if they were born in captivity and have been around humans for a long time they arnt that hostile (But you never know they could come back and bite the hand that feeds em)

[DracoAzule]

Are they hostile?

[Gaara1555]

If i ever get a cat, its only gonna be a cheetah

[Richthofen100]

0:45 why isnt this click called: The OMG cheetah. ???

[petphot]

Imagine if they took it for a walk to the dog park.

[crazylovinlife17]

so happy



[LittlePetLover982]

It sounds like its gonna eat me! AAAAAAAAA!