The Daily Mail has published some cute photos of a group of cheetahs capturing a young impala and then playing with it rather than using it as a delicious meal.
Several photos show the impala being licked, pet, and temporarily joining the pack of cheetahs before sprinting away from the group. Check out the photos below.
Stockholm syndrome?
it was eaten right after. nature is not disney:
http://www.biosphoto.com/consulter/Detail.asp?GalerieID=&ID=916790&ListeAnd=&ListeOr=&ListeNot=&MotRecherche=+Michel%20+Denis-Huot%20+impala&TypeRecherche=16&SPC=&OrderBySpecifique=
actually, story has happy ending
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1246886/Pictured-Three-cheetahs-spare-tiny-antelopes-life–play-instead.html
In one of the photos the impala is trusting the cheetahs too much because one of the cheetahs is licking the impalas’ neck.