Cheetah experience at the Bronx Zoo - video 3 of 3

ZahWild Cheetahs
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Exactly right.
And that's just because cheetahs, by nature, are actually very wary.
They're actually out-muscled by a lot.
It just basically puts them always on watch to where they're going to be very anxious about the things going on in there.
So a very long time ago, in zoos, the cheetahs will actually take cues from the dogs.
And so you'll notice Finn came in first.
And what you might not have known, you determined there were no threats in the room.
And so you can see he sat down, started licking himself.
And he's basically sending cues to Triton to let him know.
And in turn, you will see that Trilox, himself, he'll start grooming Jason over there.
Actually, I've heard of him right now.
So he's able to do that because they're true big cats, which is there.
All the other members of that team have actually done it.
And so these guys are the smaller cats.
They're not going to teach him, and they're pretty bored.
But in turn, they can do things like purrs, things like howls at people.
And it's basically fine to us and his trainers, but you can know that he's going to, again,
and you'll see he's going to be able to do that.
