Lots of thoughts raced through my mind during and after observing Kimi and Kayzer's 1st hunt. They are 10 months old here. But for the viewers, I hope this is educational and not too disturbing. I typically show the lighter closeup side of captive cheetah life, but this video shows what happens 'real time' when predators satisfy their own instinct of hunger rather than giving food in a bowl already prepared. It's really the spectrum opposite for most of us. I pick out my turkey in the grocer and have never seen the process from beginning to end and how it gets there. But this is my goal for my captive cheetah breeding and rewilding project. Preparing them and educating me to save the cheetah from extinction.
I totally agree, this video was an amazing real life scenario that shows just how dangerous hunting is, as well as such a battle between predator and prey! As well as how amazing cheetahs have to be at being a perfect hunting machine. And last but not least, a taste of how brutal cheetahs lives are in the wild. Thatnks Dolph that video was amazing, and very educational imo
Kaizer’s determination really shone through here. I think when Auntie Kiara tired out and the Blesbok took off, it really tickled that “hunt” instinct in him and Kimi; which was a good thing for their integration/training process. Almost like Auntie Kiara was like, “Well, they gotta learn at some point. Let ‘em chase it.” 😅 Thank you for all you are doing to help save the Cheetah population ❤ 🐆
@@CheetahWhisperer You are the man! Fantastic video of how wild animals can still have a chance. All we have to do is now VACATE this planet and they wouldn't even need the Dolph's of the world. We'd all miss you mate but the wildlife I reckon would care less... You face an uphill battle sir because as long as there is NO monetary return for what you do, we just keep eating domesticated animals with a nice tossed salad or vegetables. Sad but 100% true!
@@jritechnology That's RIGHT! About 90% of the things I purchase is for these cheetahs. It could include gear to improve the presentation in my videos for folks to view and educate.
Imagine how insecure and helpless they are our there in the wild on the ground while mom hunts for them for milk and meat. No wonder not many survive in the wild. Takes 6.months before cubs are fast enough to avoid predators like lions, leopards and hyenas.
What a privilege being able to watch them hunt and fight from such a closeup view. Looks like the 2 still have some learning to do, but i bet auntie Kiara will be a good teacher 🥰 This video is better than any documentary i've ever seen on this topic.
Wow amazing and thx. I wish I could have better video cameras and videographers. The cubs have a lot more to learn and sweet Kimi was shocked this is where her food comes from and how hard and scary it is to get it.
@@CheetahWhisperer Yeah Kimi looked like a modern child that only plays computer games and thinks hamburgers grow on trees, and is suddenly thrown into a wilderness survival show 😂
I'm grateful that the cubs are learning. Hunting and taking down prey is dangerous work and i'm glad the cubs and their auntie were not hurt. It's so important that the cubs learn how to hunt! Very happy that Gabriel and the other cheetahs got to enjoy some of the food too!
So glad you watched most or all of the video! Even Gabriel sharing in the bounty. And yeah my greatest concern for them is getting injured. If released into wild, I can't help them. We would have an agreement to give vet care if injured but we can't always monitor them when released. Every meal gathered and minutes of life in the wild is hazardous.
I've seen some of your videos from couple of years ago. Now this popped up in my recommendations. So good to see you're still doing gods work in preserving the species. More power to you!
I like that you take a more hands on approach to protecting them and getting them ready for the wild. Seeing their growth is amazing especially just coming from the video where they were 4 days old. I hope things continue to work out.
It's really needed in my opinion. Look what is happening to the cheetahs in India. They are all wild and now 7 have died in 5 months. They get better care overall with interactive care and it is safer. You can STILL save the species and do rewilding... Just better.
@@CheetahWhisperer so many conservationists and wildlife rehabilitation experts I’ve heard from have always said constant human contact creates a potentially dangerous level of comfort with humans and exposes those animals to more human borne threats. I was curious about what you think about that. Obviously they are getting well socialized with other members of their species but they are also comfortable with you.
@@officiallyneverhere9048 Depends on where you rewild them. Most releases of cheetahs are in reserves with no humans except maybe paying game drivers in buckeys like you see in Kruger. No human interaction except if they are injured or sick, then most agreements are they get care.
@@CheetahWhisperer sounds good to me, especially for a threatened or endangered species. Human care and protection sometimes doubles animal lifespan while keeping them in a natural setting allows them to maintain their instincts and prey drive. 👍🏻
I think this was a good way to handle it and a good experience for the cubs. It was interesting to see how strong the antelope was compared to them. Pretty cool they’re still able to hunt in captivity.
Glad you enjoyed it! This is the main reason I got into cheetah conservation. Well, the 3rd step. Get some cheetahs for breeding, birth of cubs, train then for hunting and release and then eventually release some to the wild. Guess that's 5 steps and I'm on 4th. This video is not the cuddly interactive kind I normally do but plan on a 2nd channel focused on daily conservation activity with sensitive subjects like breeding and rewilding.
I love this trying so so hard to give these incredible predators a wild experience. even the rescued ones that would no longer make it in the wild due to injury join in the fruits of the wild hunt. as disabled predators, they still have an important enough job of bridging the gap between man and beast.
Yeah... even the disabled.ones still have the heart of a predator and can't really experience it. Poor Abi can't teach her cubs anything beyond her weening time. So Aunti Kiara steps in.
Great content Dolph, I was very concerned for the cheetah at the head end of that buck, those horns are pretty fearsome. They dont see us as food and they obviously trust you guys to tolerate you around them during the hunt, but you were definitely being warned off when you got too close, was he growling too?
A cheetah named Kiara? No way, I have an OC (art term for original character) named Kiara, who is a cheetah. :O The cubs did so awesome! I'm a bit late (by a year, lol) but I'm so proud of Kayzer!
they grow too fast.... well, not really, but it's like seeing them "adulting" after just 10 months of being born... you did great to hel educate them, they did great too, but mostly I think auntie Kiara did the best job being a step mom and all
@@CheetahWhisperer Did you change the name on the channel? Confused haha So used to see your real name but this one fits you better 😉 Probably made a long time ago but i just noticed 😂😂
@@DjMiBsweden channel name is the same but I don't like it. Using cheetah whisperer until I actually get my own cheetah project going which could take some years. Then I'll change it to something more original and spin off a research and husbandry cheetah channel.
I know the owner of Kayzer is thinking release one day, and I need Kimi a breeder for now but maybe I release her too later in life after bearing cubs. She has to prove she can do it. She would have failed if not for Kiara and her brother Kayzer.
I bet having you as a friend would be so great you seem like a really nice guy and id have someon who i can share my passion with (animals) and learn ALLOT from and i mean you just seem like a great guy to be around
Gabrel is really heart breaking to see when he has no idea what to do. My cat seam to be more of a killer than him. Lively cheeta but sad to see a so tame predator. Keep up your great work.
Poor Gabriel. Wondered what to do with that leg. It's supposed to be in a bowl. 🥣 to him. Thx for watching to the end. I can never let him hunt on his own or risk death injury, but sure like showing him some bits of the wild world that escaped his destiny.
It's so essential for these potential tially releasable cubs and cheetahs to practice hunts before release. Not all get release for various reasons, but even the non releasable can hunt if they are well and able enough. It costs a lot, about $200 for even the small game so budgeting is important.
Eventually. I did a couple but were terrible. I need a good internet connection and that requires a cell service in SA which I cannot get being a visitor every 6 months.
Dont mean to be rude or anything but is there a new video in the making? Iam really exited to see new videos since they are verry educational but fun at the same time like a fun way of learning new things about the cheetah (and other animals too) you just put some fun facts of cheetahs trougout your video and make it fun to watch and thats a good skill to have sending mutch love from the netherlands
Very glad you enjoy the videos. I wish I could do more and often. I am not at this project most of the year. I work on another continent to afford their care and it makes me tired and not enthused to make videos every week. I can't do it. I do everything from the recording to the final video. When I'm retired, I will make one video per week as I'll have time. Next one will be an update on Kimi and Kayzer. I'm sick now with a cold and when this is over, I'll work on it. Glad your a fan.
@@CheetahWhisperer oh i hope you get beter soon and uload video's when you want to dont let anyone push you to do more and ill be exited for when the new video comes online to see how kimi and kayzer are doing
@@deandewilde4658 Yep... Over my bad cold but it was in me growing for about 5 days that I'm still spitting it up today. I'll work on my new video this weekend. Thx for asking and hope you and all my viewers are OK too.
Me too. I hope Abi shows interest within the next year. She will leave her cubs and probably come into heat again. One last time for her then I will retire her from all motherhood for her good health.
Interesting question Are there keepers of the deer? If so they do they become attached? Im guessing not because they can most likely self suffice and dont need tending?
If I ever manage wildlife as prey animals, I could not tame them or name them because I'd get attached. But the game on this reserve are owned by the reserve owner and used for tours and hunting. We inform them when we want to take the cheetahs out for them to hunt so we don't cross. When I own my own reserve property with wildlife, no human hunters will be allowed. Only sanctioned hunters I need for my cheetahs food, like zebra which I wont let the cheetahs hunt for safety sake. The wildlife do need some.tending. sometimes there is sparse food and need feeding troughs throughout and maintain the water dams and use a tick medicine 💊 installed on the troughs so when they feed, they spread the tick salve on themselves.
Thanks! I wish I could help them . C’mon! By the throat! Here! Let me show you! How will you ever be able to tolerate releasing them. Will they be safe? They are unbearably precious. I would want to post guard for them 24/7/365.
I know... It's worse than a human parent letting go of their teenagers. The world these cheetahs have to live is a lot more hazardous and uncertain but I won't let any go-to a place that is not safest possible and free of large predators that could kill them. Super Thx for the Super contribution. Food bills are up now. We bought 150kg of zebra at $7 per 3kg a meal average. It's doubled.
Yeah... She can't teach the cubs anything else... Just continued love. She lives with then still but not as needy about them now. Unlike when they were lil cubs.
Nah... the project owners didn't want it shown. It was with a knife to the throat like culling. A gun shot would damage the ears of the cheetahs and scare them. Don't have a nail culling gun like at slaughterhouses and they make noise. Not much choice other than a knife. But when I get my project going, and I'm on training hunts with my cubs or adults and they are struggling and critical damage has been done to the prey (like this blesbok torn tendons), Im going to try the Maasai way and pinch the nose closed to suffocate them, painlessly. It is how they kill goats to eat. My cheetahs just need to hold it still for me.
@CheetahWhisperer ah, so the way a hunter does it if they screw up a shot. Also, pinching the nose with your bare hands actually works on a animal that size? I thought they could still breath through their mouth, and what would you do if they decided on something bigger, like "hartebeest/topi/wildebeest tasty" big? As...interesting... as the video of you essentially bare knuckle choking out a black wildebeest would be, the chances of injury would be quite high...
@CheetahWhisperer ...honestly, as dark as it sounds, that would be one hell of a interesting video watching you choke out something that size so your cats can eat and know how to kill in the wild
@@Shinzon23 Understand, I'd only interfere if the hunt jeopardized the safety of the cheetahs or the prolonged suffering of the prey. In this video, both those parameters were met.
Visit www.runningwildconservatuon.org and schedule a volunteer work visit. One week or long ad your visa holds our and room. Hunts are random but happen maybe once a month. You can come with and observe. North of Joberg about 1.5 hours.
Yeah... I can empathize. Imagine out there living a life on the reserve and all sudden a predator runs out of nowhere and you can't out run it and it gets you. A nightmare for sure for that blesbok. Like I said, I don't take it lightly about the hunt but it's necessary if I want to release cheetahs. A world where something does not prey on something else just doesn't exist on this earth. It happens in our front porch with spiders or ants. But I recognize the nature of it. Thanks for watching and always care...
Male cheetahs form coalitions with brothers (or lone ones team up). Females are solitary except as cubs or raising cubs. After mating, they go their separate ways.
Commenter below said it best. I'd add that I'd love to re-show the cubs to their father afterward. Gabriel is not their father but he has met them through the fence and was OK with them. I heard the real father does not like them.
@@CheetahWhisperer since you replied i really really wanna meet or touch a cheetah so bad and i really love cheetahs and it's mostly because of you and i appreciate and I'm really looking forward to help cheetahs too but I don't know anything about cheetah experience
@@4NAX_1 Not at Cheetah Experiece anymore. This is at Running Wild Conservation. www.runningwildconservation.org They have a vollie program but it costs and in South Africa. We get to interact with some of the cheetahs and I made it a request for Kimi so she can be tamed. They hand feed her at my request. I need her tame so other projects can handle her if she becomes a breeder on loan.
No...lions. In fact NONE of my cheeahs will ever be allowed released with lions or hyenas around. It's harder to keep leopards out. I'll vet every place before I rewild my cheetahs.
@@robertsole9970 Na, not worried. When cheetahs are released, it's a vetted place. Typically a LARGE game reserve and not just let loose... they are kept in what's called boma, smaller LARGE enclosure in the game reserve, and observed, often given the prey they would be hunting as food, then observed throughout their lives and brought in if not doing well or injured. Paying tour guides will take folks to see them. Some cheetahs have tracking devices on them. But, even with WILD cheetahs, they come to tour trucks, climb on and inside.
@@CheetahWhisperer that’s a good plan. I was worried because I saw what happened to Hosana the leopard that got used to guides and people, then apparently on a bush walk he was going to go after a guide/protector and they had to kill him. Back here in America it’s always a bad outcome when our bears or wolves get used to people and then a bad interaction or event and the animal is killed. But I suppose Cheetahs generally don’t go after people they don’t know. They run away.
@@robertsole9970 Yup... Cheetahs run or come close but don't attack. Leopards are FAR more dangerous and unpredictable and aggressive. Killed 1000s of people. Cheetahs have only killed 5.
I realize it's necessary for the cheetah cubs to learn hunting skills but I still feel bad for that poor Blesbok having to suffer though this hunting lesson:(
Yeah... on this channel I focused more on cheetahs personality side, but want to create another channel for my research and adult nature themed content. Some viewers will not want to see this. But these cubs are cute when young, but all predators turn into predators to survive. To watch is disturbing to some.
@@CheetahWhisperer Thank you for your reply. I understand completely. Perhaps it was just unexpected to see it here. But my admiration for creating the channel!
I’m glad to see the Cubs learning, however it wasn’t great to see how long that animal was allowed to suffer while they struggled to take to down. Seems unnecessarily cruel.
Its also common that wildlife escapes these attacks and then either die days later or get injured for the rest of their lifes it just happens and these hunts have to happen if they are ever going to be released
i've been watching and subscribed since the beginning of the channel. And human presence was there the whole time. I dont believe that animals that are that close to humans can be set free in the wild they are dependant on human interaction and and they dont have the natural fear of humans. They would be in constant danger .of predation . Mabe your new to the channel!
@mikethompson8707 I haven't watched since the beginning, but I think you're really not qualified to give an opinion like that. Instincts still exist, and I guarantee you that wild animals can still be wild when released, even with human interaction. It's not like they're gonna automatically trust all humans... That's asinine. Wild animals aren't like domesticated animals. And if you've had such reservations since the beginning, why bother watching at all if you're gonna complain?
Yayy the new video droped rip blesbok but good job kimi kayzer and kiara happy to see kayzer is sutch a good hunter already i hope in the future his sister kimi will also get more confident and do some of the harder stuf too but iam still proud of them
@@deandewilde4658 poor Kimi needs something more tame to hunt like a baby impala to gain confidence and skills. It is what cheetah moms do. Bring them a live prey baby to learn how to Hunt and kill. I won't do that, but will help her target a young one.
@@CheetahWhisperer yeah kiara did pick a dificult target for thier first hunt kimi needs some time to gain confidence in hunting i hope they are both doing good and i hope you are doing good too
Lots of thoughts raced through my mind during and after observing Kimi and Kayzer's 1st hunt. They are 10 months old here. But for the viewers, I hope this is educational and not too disturbing. I typically show the lighter closeup side of captive cheetah life, but this video shows what happens 'real time' when predators satisfy their own instinct of hunger rather than giving food in a bowl already prepared. It's really the spectrum opposite for most of us. I pick out my turkey in the grocer and have never seen the process from beginning to end and how it gets there. But this is my goal for my captive cheetah breeding and rewilding project. Preparing them and educating me to save the cheetah from extinction.
This was amazing not disturbing at all. Thank you for sharing!!
You are just steve erwin but with cheetahs its great to see youndo all this for the cheetahs
I totally agree, this video was an amazing real life scenario that shows just how dangerous hunting is, as well as such a battle between predator and prey! As well as how amazing cheetahs have to be at being a perfect hunting machine. And last but not least, a taste of how brutal cheetahs lives are in the wild. Thatnks Dolph that video was amazing, and very educational imo
@@deandewilde4658 Ha!
This is real life or death for them. Who am I to expect them to abandon their instincts? It was a good and educational video, thanks!
You can really tell from a distance how effective their spotted coat is at breaking profile. Really great camouflage 😍😍😍
Really is! I can't find them many times in their enclosures when they lay down.
Kaizer’s determination really shone through here. I think when Auntie Kiara tired out and the Blesbok took off, it really tickled that “hunt” instinct in him and Kimi; which was a good thing for their integration/training process. Almost like Auntie Kiara was like, “Well, they gotta learn at some point. Let ‘em chase it.” 😅 Thank you for all you are doing to help save the Cheetah population ❤ 🐆
I know! Cubs learning. So great you watched this.
@@CheetahWhisperer You are the man! Fantastic video of how wild animals can still have a chance. All we have to do is now VACATE this planet and they wouldn't even need the Dolph's of the world. We'd all miss you mate but the wildlife I reckon would care less... You face an uphill battle sir because as long as there is NO monetary return for what you do, we just keep eating domesticated animals with a nice tossed salad or vegetables. Sad but 100% true!
Thanks! I wish more people understood how delicate the balance of species survival is for these cats. I wish I could do more.
Well... SUPER THANKS. I try hard to do the right thing.
@@CheetahWhisperer There you go! 1/4 of the meal paid for!
@@jritechnology That's RIGHT! About 90% of the things I purchase is for these cheetahs. It could include gear to improve the presentation in my videos for folks to view and educate.
A good lesson from auntie! It's not so easy to become a good hunter... What a journey for "our" babies, Kaiser and Kimi will go far.
Love from France
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the cubs! And Aunti Kiara.
@@CheetahWhisperer I do! But, my heart belongs to Gabby ;))
Baby cheetahs are very cute and very fluffy. Like little dandelions in the grass. I'm glad these babies are getting a hunting lesson from a pro.
Imagine how insecure and helpless they are our there in the wild on the ground while mom hunts for them for milk and meat. No wonder not many survive in the wild. Takes 6.months before cubs are fast enough to avoid predators like lions, leopards and hyenas.
Yeah. They'd be very anxious and would be trying to make themselves as small and hard to see as possible while waiting for mom.
What a privilege being able to watch them hunt and fight from such a closeup view. Looks like the 2 still have some learning to do, but i bet auntie Kiara will be a good teacher 🥰
This video is better than any documentary i've ever seen on this topic.
Wow amazing and thx. I wish I could have better video cameras and videographers. The cubs have a lot more to learn and sweet Kimi was shocked this is where her food comes from and how hard and scary it is to get it.
@@CheetahWhisperer Yeah Kimi looked like a modern child that only plays computer games and thinks hamburgers grow on trees, and is suddenly thrown into a wilderness survival show 😂
@@TimbavatiLion Yep... But she will mature.
I'm grateful that the cubs are learning. Hunting and taking down prey is dangerous work and i'm glad the cubs and their auntie were not hurt. It's so important that the cubs learn how to hunt! Very happy that Gabriel and the other cheetahs got to enjoy some of the food too!
So glad you watched most or all of the video! Even Gabriel sharing in the bounty. And yeah my greatest concern for them is getting injured. If released into wild, I can't help them. We would have an agreement to give vet care if injured but we can't always monitor them when released. Every meal gathered and minutes of life in the wild is hazardous.
They did amazing. Kaizer was not playing around. Kimi also did very well with the back legs. Kiara is a great teacher. This went very well.
Glad you could watch this important vid and moment for the cubs...
I appreciate you showing this side of their lives. Thank you for sharing these wonderful animals with us, as always!
So nice of you
I've seen some of your videos from couple of years ago. Now this popped up in my recommendations. So good to see you're still doing gods work in preserving the species. More power to you!
Thanks for being a fan! Hope to continue!
I like that you take a more hands on approach to protecting them and getting them ready for the wild. Seeing their growth is amazing especially just coming from the video where they were 4 days old. I hope things continue to work out.
It's really needed in my opinion. Look what is happening to the cheetahs in India. They are all wild and now 7 have died in 5 months. They get better care overall with interactive care and it is safer. You can STILL save the species and do rewilding... Just better.
@@CheetahWhisperer so many conservationists and wildlife rehabilitation experts I’ve heard from have always said constant human contact creates a potentially dangerous level of comfort with humans and exposes those animals to more human borne threats. I was curious about what you think about that. Obviously they are getting well socialized with other members of their species but they are also comfortable with you.
@@officiallyneverhere9048 Depends on where you rewild them. Most releases of cheetahs are in reserves with no humans except maybe paying game drivers in buckeys like you see in Kruger. No human interaction except if they are injured or sick, then most agreements are they get care.
@@CheetahWhisperer sounds good to me, especially for a threatened or endangered species. Human care and protection sometimes doubles animal lifespan while keeping them in a natural setting allows them to maintain their instincts and prey drive. 👍🏻
I think this was a good way to handle it and a good experience for the cubs. It was interesting to see how strong the antelope was compared to them. Pretty cool they’re still able to hunt in captivity.
Also dang. That’s expensive. I guess you have to pay for what they kill at the preserve?
Yup... about 200$ for this Blesbok and it's jot a great deal.
I know! I must have a place where I can easily take my cheetahs to practice hunting. Thx for the comment.
You are doing a great job. May god give u health.
You are a very very good human. 👏
Well that is reassuring and glad you enjoyed the video. And same back to you.
"Kaiser gave me the evil eye" the evil eye of that cutie :😺
I can't believe (even though I am a subscriber) TH-cam didn't recommend these videos. Thank you for updating, I love cheetahs 🐆
Welcome! I think we all have to click the 🔔 to get notifications now.
@@CheetahWhispereri didnt get it either which is weird
Fascinating and educational as always! Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it! This is the main reason I got into cheetah conservation. Well, the 3rd step. Get some cheetahs for breeding, birth of cubs, train then for hunting and release and then eventually release some to the wild. Guess that's 5 steps and I'm on 4th.
This video is not the cuddly interactive kind I normally do but plan on a 2nd channel focused on daily conservation activity with sensitive subjects like breeding and rewilding.
I love this trying so so hard to give these incredible predators a wild experience. even the rescued ones that would no longer make it in the wild due to injury join in the fruits of the wild hunt. as disabled predators, they still have an important enough job of bridging the gap between man and beast.
Yeah... even the disabled.ones still have the heart of a predator and can't really experience it. Poor Abi can't teach her cubs anything beyond her weening time. So Aunti Kiara steps in.
Great content Dolph, I was very concerned for the cheetah at the head end of that buck, those horns are pretty fearsome. They dont see us as food and they obviously trust you guys to tolerate you around them during the hunt, but you were definitely being warned off when you got too close, was he growling too?
Seems like cheetahs have this narrow chest cavity so they can fit between the horns of their prey!
A cheetah named Kiara?
No way, I have an OC (art term for original character) named Kiara, who is a cheetah. :O
The cubs did so awesome! I'm a bit late (by a year, lol) but I'm so proud of Kayzer!
What!!!! Cool@
they grow too fast.... well, not really, but it's like seeing them "adulting" after just 10 months of being born...
you did great to hel educate them, they did great too, but mostly I think auntie Kiara did the best job being a step mom and all
Imagine if our moms took us out at 10 months old to Hunt. Thx for watching.
@@CheetahWhisperer
We are humans tho, so it's like if our moms took us o do taxes at 10 months old lol.
Thx for posting this video.
Amazing as always.
Thank you! Cheers!
Grate Video
Thanks!
This is awesome! And a music as always! Thank you sir! 🐆 🐆
SO glad you enjoyed this important video. It was a milestone for my cheetah cub.
Kiara Gonna Teach The Cubs, Oohh That's Hurt, The Cubs Practice Hunting, That's a Good Hunt for Cheetahs.
Amazing thing. Kiara is way better than she showed here. She usually ends it quick. Maybe she wanted the cubs to get experience. They sure did.
nice to meet new Cheetah Kiara .its first experience for hunt take so long .I cheer until i'm tired ❤
Cool! She is not mine, but Running Wild's cheetah but I was allowed to film her because she is teaching my cheetah how to hunt!
Cheers and thank you sooo much for sharing Dolph. 🍻😎🙏👍
You are a true star,,⭐
Thank you kindly
Wow, fantastic! Great video!
Thx!😄
Thank you.
Welcome!
This was amazing
Thx for watching and commenting.
Amazing as usual 👍🥰👍
Thank you so much 😀
@@CheetahWhisperer not much wifi on the fishing trip but enough time for cheetahs ofc 😂😉😉
@@CheetahWhisperer Did you change the name on the channel? Confused haha So used to see your real name but this one fits you better 😉 Probably made a long time ago but i just noticed 😂😂
@@DjMiBsweden channel name is the same but I don't like it. Using cheetah whisperer until I actually get my own cheetah project going which could take some years. Then I'll change it to something more original and spin off a research and husbandry cheetah channel.
Looks like they are being trained well, maybe even well enough for releasing to wilderness one day.
good.
I know the owner of Kayzer is thinking release one day, and I need Kimi a breeder for now but maybe I release her too later in life after bearing cubs. She has to prove she can do it. She would have failed if not for Kiara and her brother Kayzer.
@@CheetahWhisperer maybe but thats why the training is happening yes?
She should get better.
lots love for the big cats and thanks for sharing video.
@@nameless5413 Time and practice will tell. Thx for watching and commenting!
We all have to eat!
Love what and how you doing.
Thanks!
I bet having you as a friend would be so great you seem like a really nice guy and id have someon who i can share my passion with (animals) and learn ALLOT from and i mean you just seem like a great guy to be around
Actually I am a very cool dude. It's how I make friends with animals so easy. Takes one to know one.
@@CheetahWhisperer exacly everyone who has you as a friend is lucky to have you as a friend you trully make this world a beter place
Gabrel is really heart breaking to see when he has no idea what to do. My cat seam to be more of a killer than him. Lively cheeta but sad to see a so tame predator. Keep up your great work.
Poor Gabriel. Wondered what to do with that leg. It's supposed to be in a bowl. 🥣 to him. Thx for watching to the end.
I can never let him hunt on his own or risk death injury, but sure like showing him some bits of the wild world that escaped his destiny.
This answered my question loll
It's so essential for these potential tially releasable cubs and cheetahs to practice hunts before release. Not all get release for various reasons, but even the non releasable can hunt if they are well and able enough. It costs a lot, about $200 for even the small game so budgeting is important.
@@CheetahWhisperer I can tell you guys really care about these cheetahs a lot awesome stuff man 🙏
Are you planning om going live again somtime in the future id love to watch your lives
Eventually. I did a couple but were terrible. I need a good internet connection and that requires a cell service in SA which I cannot get being a visitor every 6 months.
@@CheetahWhisperer ah thats unfortunate i hope you can find sonthing that makes the internet conection beter
May Allah bless you al|
Glad you enjoyed the video.
Out of curiosity how did you kill it?
Glad to see u back dolph..been watching ur channel for years now.. still jealous u work with cheetahs..😅😅...👌👌💞💞
Glad you are a fan, welcome. Vollie sometime there. www.runningwildconservation.org.
They are prolly pissed the boss didn't help out
Dont mean to be rude or anything but is there a new video in the making? Iam really exited to see new videos since they are verry educational but fun at the same time like a fun way of learning new things about the cheetah (and other animals too) you just put some fun facts of cheetahs trougout your video and make it fun to watch and thats a good skill to have sending mutch love from the netherlands
Very glad you enjoy the videos. I wish I could do more and often. I am not at this project most of the year. I work on another continent to afford their care and it makes me tired and not enthused to make videos every week. I can't do it. I do everything from the recording to the final video. When I'm retired, I will make one video per week as I'll have time.
Next one will be an update on Kimi and Kayzer. I'm sick now with a cold and when this is over, I'll work on it.
Glad your a fan.
@@CheetahWhisperer oh i hope you get beter soon and uload video's when you want to dont let anyone push you to do more and ill be exited for when the new video comes online to see how kimi and kayzer are doing
@@CheetahWhisperer hey just want to ask how your doing and if your feeling any beter at the moment
@@deandewilde4658 Yep... Over my bad cold but it was in me growing for about 5 days that I'm still spitting it up today. I'll work on my new video this weekend.
Thx for asking and hope you and all my viewers are OK too.
@@CheetahWhisperer good to hear that your all beter now cant wait to see the new video and luckely iam feeling good
Still want Gabe cubs one day.
Me too. I hope Abi shows interest within the next year. She will leave her cubs and probably come into heat again. One last time for her then I will retire her from all motherhood for her good health.
hii
Hello!
Interesting question Are there keepers of the deer? If so they do they become attached? Im guessing not because they can most likely self suffice and dont need tending?
If I ever manage wildlife as prey animals, I could not tame them or name them because I'd get attached. But the game on this reserve are owned by the reserve owner and used for tours and hunting. We inform them when we want to take the cheetahs out for them to hunt so we don't cross. When I own my own reserve property with wildlife, no human hunters will be allowed. Only sanctioned hunters I need for my cheetahs food, like zebra which I wont let the cheetahs hunt for safety sake.
The wildlife do need some.tending. sometimes there is sparse food and need feeding troughs throughout and maintain the water dams and use a tick medicine 💊 installed on the troughs so when they feed, they spread the tick salve on themselves.
@@CheetahWhisperer It's nice to see the Cheetahs get the hunt they crave
@@rush1111 its natural for them. Looks at these cubs... 1st time and knew what to do and wanted it.
@@CheetahWhisperer of course, it's just great seeing how you guys treat them so good
Thanks! I wish I could help them . C’mon! By the throat! Here! Let me show you! How will you ever be able to tolerate releasing them. Will they be safe? They are unbearably precious. I would want to post guard for them 24/7/365.
I know... It's worse than a human parent letting go of their teenagers. The world these cheetahs have to live is a lot more hazardous and uncertain but I won't let any go-to a place that is not safest possible and free of large predators that could kill them.
Super Thx for the Super contribution. Food bills are up now. We bought 150kg of zebra at $7 per 3kg a meal average. It's doubled.
Poor Abi 🙏
Yeah... She can't teach the cubs anything else... Just continued love. She lives with then still but not as needy about them now. Unlike when they were lil cubs.
Dolph, do you know "Tiger Canyon" ?
No, but I've heard of Tiger Temple in Thailand but it shut down for evil business. Is it the same?
@@CheetahWhisperer no, it's a different project.
@@CheetahWhisperer I recommend you look for it, you should like it.
@@CheetahWhispereryoutube.com/@tigercanyonsa
No chance of showing the full uncut thing?
Also, humanely euthanized? Knife or projectile?
Nah... the project owners didn't want it shown. It was with a knife to the throat like culling. A gun shot would damage the ears of the cheetahs and scare them. Don't have a nail culling gun like at slaughterhouses and they make noise. Not much choice other than a knife.
But when I get my project going, and I'm on training hunts with my cubs or adults and they are struggling and critical damage has been done to the prey (like this blesbok torn tendons), Im going to try the Maasai way and pinch the nose closed to suffocate them, painlessly. It is how they kill goats to eat. My cheetahs just need to hold it still for me.
@CheetahWhisperer ah, so the way a hunter does it if they screw up a shot.
Also, pinching the nose with your bare hands actually works on a animal that size? I thought they could still breath through their mouth, and what would you do if they decided on something bigger, like "hartebeest/topi/wildebeest tasty" big?
As...interesting... as the video of you essentially bare knuckle choking out a black wildebeest would be, the chances of injury would be quite high...
@@Shinzon23 Yep, that's why I try to keep in shape and then depend on the cheetah holding that antelope still.
@CheetahWhisperer ...honestly, as dark as it sounds, that would be one hell of a interesting video watching you choke out something that size so your cats can eat and know how to kill in the wild
@@Shinzon23 Understand, I'd only interfere if the hunt jeopardized the safety of the cheetahs or the prolonged suffering of the prey. In this video, both those parameters were met.
Where is this in South Africa because I want to see cheetahs
Visit www.runningwildconservatuon.org and schedule a volunteer work visit. One week or long ad your visa holds our and room. Hunts are random but happen maybe once a month. You can come with and observe.
North of Joberg about 1.5 hours.
poor animol :0
Yeah... I can empathize. Imagine out there living a life on the reserve and all sudden a predator runs out of nowhere and you can't out run it and it gets you. A nightmare for sure for that blesbok.
Like I said, I don't take it lightly about the hunt but it's necessary if I want to release cheetahs. A world where something does not prey on something else just doesn't exist on this earth. It happens in our front porch with spiders or ants. But I recognize the nature of it.
Thanks for watching and always care...
@@CheetahWhisperer You are exactly right 😄 things are this way~
Every time i see a cheetah cubs i only see them with their mom i really don't see where their dad is ?
Male cheetahs form coalitions with brothers (or lone ones team up).
Females are solitary except as cubs or raising cubs.
After mating, they go their separate ways.
@@AkaiAzulohhhh.. ok that's kinda sad that they never know their father. i never know that
thanks tho
Commenter below said it best. I'd add that I'd love to re-show the cubs to their father afterward. Gabriel is not their father but he has met them through the fence and was OK with them. I heard the real father does not like them.
@@CheetahWhisperer since you replied i really really wanna meet or touch a cheetah so bad and i really love cheetahs and it's mostly because of you and i appreciate and I'm really looking forward to help cheetahs too but I don't know anything about cheetah experience
@@4NAX_1 Not at Cheetah Experiece anymore. This is at Running Wild Conservation. www.runningwildconservation.org They have a vollie program but it costs and in South Africa. We get to interact with some of the cheetahs and I made it a request for Kimi so she can be tamed. They hand feed her at my request. I need her tame so other projects can handle her if she becomes a breeder on loan.
No lion prides in this area?
No...lions. In fact NONE of my cheeahs will ever be allowed released with lions or hyenas around. It's harder to keep leopards out. I'll vet every place before I rewild my cheetahs.
@@CheetahWhisperer do you worry about them being used to people? Or will they run away from strangers.
@@robertsole9970 Na, not worried. When cheetahs are released, it's a vetted place. Typically a LARGE game reserve and not just let loose... they are kept in what's called boma, smaller LARGE enclosure in the game reserve, and observed, often given the prey they would be hunting as food, then observed throughout their lives and brought in if not doing well or injured. Paying tour guides will take folks to see them. Some cheetahs have tracking devices on them. But, even with WILD cheetahs, they come to tour trucks, climb on and inside.
@@CheetahWhisperer that’s a good plan. I was worried because I saw what happened to Hosana the leopard that got used to guides and people, then apparently on a bush walk he was going to go after a guide/protector and they had to kill him. Back here in America it’s always a bad outcome when our bears or wolves get used to people and then a bad interaction or event and the animal is killed. But I suppose Cheetahs generally don’t go after people they don’t know. They run away.
@@robertsole9970 Yup... Cheetahs run or come close but don't attack. Leopards are FAR more dangerous and unpredictable and aggressive. Killed 1000s of people. Cheetahs have only killed 5.
I realize it's necessary for the cheetah cubs to learn hunting skills but I still feel bad for that poor Blesbok having to suffer though this hunting lesson:(
Yeah... Like the Mandalorian's say "This is the way." Sad but true.
I want all cats to thrive
Me too!
Cat go huntin for mouse (real)
this is the first time i didn't enjoy a video of yours
Yeah... on this channel I focused more on cheetahs personality side, but want to create another channel for my research and adult nature themed content. Some viewers will not want to see this.
But these cubs are cute when young, but all predators turn into predators to survive. To watch is disturbing to some.
@@CheetahWhisperer Thank you for your reply. I understand completely. Perhaps it was just unexpected to see it here. But my admiration for creating the channel!
Your really mixed up.
"Let me be anything but ordinary." Who sung that? 🤔
I’m glad to see the Cubs learning, however it wasn’t great to see how long that animal was allowed to suffer while they struggled to take to down. Seems unnecessarily cruel.
The long hunt is where inexperience comes in. This was not Kiaras 1st hunt, but was the cubs. With more hunts, the kills will be quicker.
this happens way more often than you think, a strong prey can last forever, just parts of life thats all nothing cruel just the way nature designed it
Its also common that wildlife escapes these attacks and then either die days later or get injured for the rest of their lifes it just happens and these hunts have to happen if they are ever going to be released
too much human involvement
There was barely any, what are you smoking?
i've been watching and subscribed since the beginning of the channel. And human presence was there the whole time. I dont believe that animals that are that close to humans can be set free in the wild they are dependant on human interaction and and they dont have the natural fear of humans. They would be in constant danger .of predation . Mabe your new to the channel!
@mikethompson8707 I haven't watched since the beginning, but I think you're really not qualified to give an opinion like that. Instincts still exist, and I guarantee you that wild animals can still be wild when released, even with human interaction. It's not like they're gonna automatically trust all humans... That's asinine. Wild animals aren't like domesticated animals. And if you've had such reservations since the beginning, why bother watching at all if you're gonna complain?
I still see Kimi and Kay as those two smol little cubs who could fit in your palm...
Now lool at em! Token down big boy and girl prey, with help from Aunti Kiara.
Kiara is strong and dedicated.
Very beautiful animal.
SO glad you enjoyed Kiara. She's a huntress for sure. Want Kimi to learn and be just like her.
Yayy the new video droped rip blesbok but good job kimi kayzer and kiara happy to see kayzer is sutch a good hunter already i hope in the future his sister kimi will also get more confident and do some of the harder stuf too but iam still proud of them
I'm sure she will. Just like humans some times things just take a bit longer.
I think so. It was her 1st time but her brother excelled WAY beyond expectations.
@@CheetahWhisperer yeah i know kayzer will be a great hunter in the future and he learns from the best and kimi will be a great huntres too
@@deandewilde4658 poor Kimi needs something more tame to hunt like a baby impala to gain confidence and skills. It is what cheetah moms do. Bring them a live prey baby to learn how to Hunt and kill. I won't do that, but will help her target a young one.
@@CheetahWhisperer yeah kiara did pick a dificult target for thier first hunt kimi needs some time to gain confidence in hunting i hope they are both doing good and i hope you are doing good too