Thursday, February 4, 2010

Cheetah - Animals


The cheetah is an astonishing African beast. It is a well-liked and well known animal by many, due to its individuality. They are initiate mostly in Saharan Africa, south of the Sahara wilderness. They hunt in bunches, and usually control a region of about 35 square kilometers.

It gets its name from a Hindi expression meaning "spotted animal". This astonishing animal is enclosed in spots (apart from the gullet and tummy area). They have a diminutive head, almost unequal to the size of their body. They evaluate about 50 kilograms on common, with males weighing more and being faintly larger than females. They stand at about 80 centimeters big and about 1.3 meters lengthy. Their tail measures in at concerning 75 centimeters.

Astonishing Fact: The cheetah is the fastest land creature; they can bind at velocity of up to 113 km/h!


The cheetah is a carnivore, and therefore munches little animals. They have fanatical eyesight, and use this mainly when hunting. They stay almost disguised in grass, or mount a tree and scan for their prey. They then chase their prey at speeds of up to 80 km/h. If the animal is small, such as a hare, the cheetah will purely maul the hare to death, but if it is bigger, the cheetah will go for the esophagus, and block the windpipe until the animal stops inhalation.
Being cats, cheetahs can drone and growl. They can moreover bark and hiss, but they do not roar similar to a lion.

Amazing Fact: Cheetah's speed up from 0-70 km/h in less than 2 seconds.

Cheetah's have a growth era of between 90 to 95 days with 2 to 4 cubs bear. After 6 weeks, the cub leaves their den, and is tough enough to join chases with the pack. When they are 6 months mature, the mother is known to confine live prey and for the cub to follow its kill method. The cub carry on to live with mother for a additional year learning hunting skills and endurance technique.

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