CCTV catches park ranger becoming cute cheetah family’s “emotional support hooman” by snuggling with them every night instead of guarding them: 'They just want belly rubs'

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Blake Seidel • Managing Editor & Brand Manager
Dec 12, 2025 1:00 PM EST

If we had to describe what our top three ideal jobs would be, cuddling cheetahs would definitely be in that list, along with panda caretaker and red panda photographer. Being an otter caretaker is a close fourth, but we can't stand the smell of raw fish, so that bumps it out of the top three. If you're wondering if "cheetah cuddler" is a real job, then we're here to inform you that it is! Well, you're not just cuddling cheetahs, you'd actually have to be a park ranger who works at a nature conservatory, and your job is to guard the family of cheetahs. It just so happens that cheetahs are very anxious, and they often look for emotional support, which is a sweet spot for a hooman to slide into.

CCTV footage caught him sleeping in an elevated platform overnight, and the family of cheetahs decided to join him. One by one, they slowly made their way over to him to get some midnight snuggles, until they ended up in one giant cuddle puddle that is enough to make any cat lover purrfectly jealous. 

It's not too late to abandon your job and become a park ranger that gets to cuddle cheetahs - anything is pawssible with enough grit and determination. Let us know if it works out for you, and don't furget your friends at I Can Has Cheezburger who helped you get there!

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    TopMindOfR3ddit Cheetahs have very high anxiety. This is also why you often see cheetahs with dogs. They're legit support dogs.
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    franc_rizz They still remain cats, big cats but cats!
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  • Sure, you might get woken up a couple of times throughout the night, but it's because a cheetah wants to cuddle with you. That's the only acceptable reason to be woken up, and we would let them wake us up as many times as they wanted to if it meant we got to snuggle with them.

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    koolaidismything I'd take that job if I was allowed to feed them too. If I've learned one thing about cats and dogs is they aren't maiming with the guy who sneaks them snacks.
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    GrapefruitOk2057 wow. even my beloved dogs won't let me get this chummy with them. they just want belly rubs.
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    Old-Emu-340 If that ain't the best job in the world I don't know what is.
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    Gratitude89 He's cheetah'ing on his partner :(
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    Oh_Wiseone I can't even imagine this. Wow
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    altaf770 I just want someone to trust me like these cheetahs trust this ranger
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    Traditional-Front999 It is reported that cheetahs have never attacked a human. How wonderful to sleep with them like kittens.
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  • Weighted blankets are so 2025, you just need a family of cheetahs to get comfy in bed in 2026! Honestly, we'd settle for even one cheetah. Even a cub. It's like an investment that will get snugglier and snugglier over time.

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    poghosb which cheetahs? i see some cats are having a good sleepy time
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    Trowa Mae I love how after the other two saw the first one cuddle with him, they went over and piled up haha
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