And you thought you could hide from us, you rare cheetah. But no matter how fast you run, or how dark the night that obscures you, we will find and capture you. Do not mess with us—we are the humans.

Charles Mudede—who writes about film, books, music, and his life in Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, the USA, and the UK for The Stranger—was born near a steel plant in Kwe Kwe, Zimbabwe. He has no memory...

19 replies on “News from the Animal Kingdom”

  1. So if there are only 250 of them, we almost never see them, and know nothing about them, will we really actually miss them if they vanish?

  2. Someone else’s meme? AYFKM?

    Meme is not singular. It is a collective trend/joke shared among members/disparate groups.

    LONG-EARED JERBOA MEME FAIL.

  3. Memes are viral, Jerboa. They’re like a natural wildfire that just sweeps you up into its blaze. You can’t stop them. A meme is like an unspoilable birthday party, Jerboa. Once you can get a meme rolling (without trying), it’s like a heavy boulder that can cause serious problems. If you can just tap into the right meme, you can really get everything to sort of snap into place. You can’t really tell where a meme comes from. I call fail on @8 as well.

  4. @17

    Well the article failed to mention the curative effects of their saliva. Better round them all up and start factory farming them pronto!

  5. I hope science’s (our) intention for the cheetahs is more benevolent than Charles’. Animal life is worthwhile, regardless of what they can (or can’t) do for us.

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