According to the video owner Ben, “This cheetah kitten named Nala was in Namibia Africa when I was visiting some friends of mine this past summer. Her mother was killed by a car, so my friends kindly took care of her. She was well fed and had 44,000 acres to roam around in and be safe. Enjoy!”
Super Mew-tastic find, Ant.
The liquid eyes have captured my very soul. Not to mention the tiny ferocious leetle squeeks!
YAY for tiny ferocious leetle squeeks!!!!
Those squeaks are actually hiccups caused by devouring too many souls. Fact.
Add mine to the pile-up.
Mine too…
Ferocious squeeks says “I am the boss of all of you!!”
And she surely IS
did you see the black lashes on those eyes? there goes my day…I
have puddled right here and can’t move.
Yes! Puddled here as well.
Why is she tied up so tight?
Sneaks into house, removes leash from kitty, ties human’s shoe laces to the table, and runs out the door with kitty.
I’m sitting outside with the get a way car ready to fly.
I’ll keep watch at the back door.
I’m telling myself that she’s only tied up to keep her in one place long enough to make the video. (I hope I’m not fibbing to myself.)
me too.
Me three.
My thoughts exactly.
This animal does not look well taken care of.
Poor kitty
Sigh, the invasion of the nuffers already, despite the header that the puir wee orphan is alive, well-fed, skritched, and now roams acres.
But indeed, love the eyes, lashes and whip-bird like squeaky merrows would not be believable from a soft toy. Who knew!
x2.
If they had recently rescued her here sshe’s too young to take care of herself – but old enough to have become a wild animal and be wary of humans and that’s why she seems nervous. She’s not a tiny baby, like this little dude (notice difference in power of squeakage!): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhdWsuvtXC8
gryt: i think you stumbled upon one of the most excellent candidates for the Cute Overload Men calendar. Hokey-smokes!!!
I second that nomination!!! And those little chirp/squeeks just KEELED me! *thud*
He is the cover dude for sure!!!!
OMgosh, peeps, that reminds me… Jamil or his double came through my register the other day… remember him, the one who started the Men Of CO Calendar!!
Ok, I’m ded. Lovely man, bebeh cheetah. My life is complete.
AWW
I am glad to know that this little Cheetah is ok 
She sounds more like a bird than a cat
It’s very kind of those people to take in this little girl after her mother was killed but I think she should be under the care of experts that could maybe release her back into the wild when she is grown. As cute as they are as babies, wild animals should not be kept as pets.
Absolutely. I hope the humans contact their nearest wildlife preserve or whomever, and get this baby into the correct atmosphere. He’s cute now, but he is a wild animal, and will soon start to behave like one.
Actually, experts have a hard time getting rescued cheetahs, even adults, fit to be released into the wild. Apparently they acclimate to humans unusually well so by the time an adult with a broken leg is healthy it’s become almost a giant house cat. In any case, I’m sure the people who ran across this adorable little orphan are doing whatever they can to make sure he grows up happy and healthy.
I wouldnt mind having a giant house cat at all!
Exactly! She needs to be rehabilitated so she can return to the wild where she is intended to be.
Well, I survived it but thank GAWD it was a meow and not a sneeze…could you imagine how lethal that would have been? Yes, those eyes…
She looks very scared. Poor kitty.
She wants her mama. ((wipes away tear))
Off topic. but that sounds like ‘Castle’ in the background ^_^ and yoaw. The baby cheetah is named Nala. of course
fan of the Lion King are we?
There were some plink plink moments in that video, and I swear she’s actually a cheeteah-bird hybrid.
I wonder what she looks like now? That video was taken in 2010 and not by the people caring for the cheetah. SInce she has 44,000 acres to roam in, according to the information, I wonder if the caretakers can even find her now?
Such a pretty little girl.
You’ve read “The Faerie Queen”?
what a sweetheart!!! I love the thousands of acres for this baby to call home. Glad it’s not in someone’s home where it will grow too big and then be stuck in a cage on a rescue facility. Live free, little cheetah!!!!
Is she purring? I thought I heard something that sounded like purrs, but I don’t know if cheetahs actually purr.
*answers own question* Apparently they do, since one of the ‘related video’ links features a purring cheetah.
The eyelashes! OMG. Such a beautiful face.
Love the eyelashes and the tiny squeaks!
Those eyelashes are to die for!
Speaking of the Men of CO — did anybody read the comments underneath the video on YouTube? Even men aren’t immune to the awesome “aw-puddle-kins” power of babe cheetahs … one chap wrote: “i punched a wall to get my manhood back.”
Love it!
*swoon* I nominate him too for our “Men of” calendar — doesn’t even matter what he looks like!
“grrrWHEEK!!” ROFLmeow! =^..^=
Gorgeous baby! That sweet face, those melted chocolate eyes, the lashes! My goodness – WANT! PLEASE?
EEEEE those eyelashes you’re killing MEEEEEE
I’m not buying into this story… A cheetah hit by a car? hmmmm…
it was a furrari.
Ha! That would be the one & only car capable of hitting a cheetah!
Sounds like a theremin
Every time she mewed/squeaked, this came out of me: “EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!” Like a deep, gut-level reaction – Not a thing I could do about it. Love love love cheetahs. I remember doing projects on them in grade school, they were always the answer to “What’s your favorite animal?”