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01:19 And to train to kill and hunt with success.
01:23 This 2400 hectare reserve houses a huge number of wild animals.
01:36 It will soon be Skyla's new home if she can prove it.
01:41 She is a newbie.
01:43 Her instinct as a predator must take over.
01:52 She is a predator.
01:54 She is a predator.
01:57 She is a predator.
02:00 This is good. She has made a few prey by herself.
02:16 But in the beginning, the first few times, she chased them and never caught it.
02:21 She must go through this phase of re-adaptation.
02:24 Aren't you a little sad?
02:27 Yes, of course.
02:29 She is going to leave you. You are shared, I guess.
02:32 Yes, it was a great experience.
02:35 Skyla was raised by a human family, but she deserves to be free roaming one day.
02:42 Now that she has learned to kill, the cheetah can no longer go and come freely with the family.
02:51 But while she is released in the reserve,
02:54 Ain's son does not miss an opportunity to pay him a visit.
02:59 It's crazy, because the strongest link in the family is not between Ain and Skyla.
03:09 This is Ain's son. He is four years old.
03:13 Malan and Skyla grew up together.
03:18 When Skyla was little, she slept in my bed.
03:22 You grew up together?
03:25 She was tall like that.
03:27 That's all? Look how big she is now.
03:30 She is very big.
03:32 It is kind of astonishing to see a four or five year old boy
03:36 speaking to a cheetah as though he was a young puppy.
03:41 He just wants to go and say hello to his friend.
03:47 Skyla is a predator, but Ain's Kuma is convinced that she considers Malan as her brother.
03:53 His mother, Kim, keeps an eye on them.
04:06 I have a little son too, and I don't believe it.
04:10 How did this happen?
04:12 It's unique. You don't see that every day.
04:15 She could hurt him, it's true, but he is absolutely safe.
04:20 She purrs from start to finish, from when he starts to purr to when he leaves.
04:26 I love you, Skyla.
04:28 Because you are kind.
04:31 So what is going on between them during that time?
04:42 They are like brothers and sisters, they just cuddle.
04:45 He doesn't remember having lived without her.
04:48 She is part of the family. She is also my child.
04:51 Skyla and her brother Waku were rescued three years ago
05:00 when Ain found out that their mother couldn't feed them.
05:03 How did that work?
05:08 Our husband came home with two baby cheetahs.
05:12 It was quite intimidating at first.
05:17 We already had a three-month-old baby.
05:19 Malan was two years old, and we were left with two three-week-old cheetahs.
05:23 After trying to keep the felines away, Kim ended up integrating them into the family.
05:30 We tried it, honestly.
05:34 With three baby cheetahs and a little boy who needed attention, everything ended up getting mixed up.
05:38 We had bottles going all around, we sterilized them all at the same time,
05:42 we had all the babies in the same bed.
05:45 But for me, they were like two babies who needed a home.
05:49 We had one, so we made sure it worked.
05:52 We knew from the beginning that it wouldn't be easy.
05:55 But we thought that if we paid attention and kept in mind that they were wild animals, we would make it.
06:02 What are your thoughts on how you see Malan with her now?
06:06 She's showing signs that she will survive in the wild.
06:09 Malan's there to assist in that, and that's part of the promise we made to her,
06:15 to give her her freedom.
06:17 Does he understand that?
06:19 He does understand it. He knows he's done a good thing.
06:22 This closeness between the baby and the cheetah is only possible because of their brotherly relationship.
06:29 What I've learned from all this is that if there's enough trust in a baby predator,
06:36 in this case a cheetah, to the point of raising it together,
06:42 nurturing them, there's a chance for very unique and special bonds to form.
06:48 And I think we should learn from that.
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