Have you seen anything cuter than this?
- Ruuxa the cheetah was adopted by San Diego Safari Park
- To keep the orphaned cheetah company, they brought in a friendly pup
- The two animals scamper around their enclosure like the best of friends
An orphaned cheetah cub has discovered that a dog is more than a man's best friend at San Diego Zoo Safari Park. When
Ruuxa the cheetah was abandoned by his mother, he was taken in by the
zoo who found him a new friend to keep him company - Raina the Rhodesian
Ridgeback puppy. The
two animals, who are both nearly four months old, scamper around their
enclosure like the best of friends in this footage which was released by
the zoo.
Ridgebacks
are no stranger to big cats and are also known as African Lion Hounds
because they were originally bred as farm and hunting dogs in Rhodesia -
now Zimbabwe. Once
they picked up the scent of a lion, they would track it down and try
and confine it so a hunter with a gun could get a clean shot. But luckily for Ruuxa the cheetah, Raina has been introduced to help him navigate his new home in the zoo.
Besties: Ruuxa the cheetah and Raina the Ridgeback go for a walk together in San Diego Zoo Safari Park
When cheetahs are born they are blind and completely rely on their mothers to protect them from predators. If
the mother cannot produce enough milk, she will often abandon her cubs
in the wild leaving them to the mercy of the outside world.
So
far Raina the Ridgeback has been showing the young cub some fun and
games inside their enclosure and it looks like there is never a dull
moment at San Diego Zoo Safari Park.
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