A closer look
Cheetahs suffer from such debilitating social anxiety that zoos routinely pair them with golden retrievers to function as emotional support companions. Despite being the fastest land animals on earth, capable of hitting seventy miles per hour in seconds, their nervous systems are constantly in fight-or-flight mode, making them terrible at socializing and prone to extreme stress. The dogs naturally possess a calm, confident demeanor that reassures the big cats that they do not need to constantly panic about every minor sound. It is incredibly validating to know that nature's ultimate apex speed-demon is essentially a bundle of raw nerves that desperately needs a very good boy by its side just to handle the basic stress of existing in public
