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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.
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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.