Cheetahs are behaviorally more timid than other big cats and were domesticated in ancient Egypt and other historical cultures, making them unusual among felids as pets rather than apex predators. This is accurate — cheetahs lack the bite force and aggression of lions or leopards and have a documented history of human coexistence without recorded major attacks in southern Africa. The claim about no recorded attacks is difficult to verify exhaustively across centuries of records, but no contradicting incidents were found in available sources.