Kinji is a friendly young cheetah at Cheetah Experience. The not-for-profit organisation in South Africa provides sanctuary for a number of endangered and threatened species, including cheetahs, leopards, male lions, African wildcats, wolves, meerkats and a Siberian tiger.
Despite their predator-prey status, Kinji loves the meerkats, and often visits them. However, the feeling isn’t mutual.
The meerkats see Kinji as a natural enemy and a threat to their lives, while Kinji just wants a little attention.
Rubbing himself against the meerkat enclosure—much like how that cat at your favorite mamak stall always rub against your legs—you can tell from Kinji’s purrs that he loves receiving the friendly grooming from the meerkats, who are actually furiously trying to repel him with fearless attacks.
According to carer Dolph C Volker, Kinji very rarely purrs and the meerkat ‘attacks’ are one of the only things that gets him to purr. “I think Kinji enjoys the scratching the meerkats do to his fur. But they are definitely trying to hurt him,” explained Volker.
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