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Unlike most cats, the cheetah does not usually ambush its prey or approach to within springing distance. It stalks an animal and then charges from about 76-110 yds. away. It is seldom successful if it attacks from a point over 215 yds. distant. The cheetah kills its prey by suffocation. The cheetah's small upper canines have small roots bounding sides of the nasal passage permitting air intake that enables the cheetah to maintain its relentless suffocating bite on the underside of the prey's throat. Vultures, hyenas, wild dogs and jackals sometimes drive the cheetah from its meal. This problem is minimized by the cheetah's stealth as a hunter and by its habit of dragging its prey to a hiding place before eating- The cheetah can only hunt effectively in open country where there is enough natural cover for it to stalk its prey from a few seconds to several hours before making its rapid chase. On average, an adult eats 6.2 lbs. of meat per day.
Tasty! -no, seriously: they run them down as they are the fastest mammal on fours legs, clocked over 65 miles per hour.
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∙ 7y ago
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∙ 7y agofrom the wild, they kill animals and eat them
They hide in tall grass and wait for prey
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∙ 9y agoA cheetah catches it's food by running after it. Once a cheetah gets close enough to its prey it pounces on it.
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∙ 12y agoBy tripping its prey and biting it in the neck because it cant run at its fastest pace for a long time.
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∙ 13y agoGazelle, warthog, springhares mainly.
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∙ 7y agoCheetahs eat birds, zebra, and elafunts.
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Where does cheetah fit in a food web or food chain?
cheetahs are carnivores or a consumer
Why are cheetah's important to the ecosystem?
I am not sure about a mutual-ism connection but i now a parasitism connection which is a cheetahs prey when a cheetah gets its food that is food happy for it but for the poor animal its not.
How has the cheetah evolved over time?
it hasaddapted to uts invrment and has use its spped to catch food and run from prey
Why do cheetahs live in grassland?
Because that is where their food grows
Is a cheetah a carnivore a herbivore or an omnivore?
They are omnivores. If they are extremely hungry and can't catch any meat, they will eat berries or anything they can find, even if its herbs or just savanna grass.
Where does the cheetah eat his food?
in the ground of course
What does the cheetah eat or use to create food?
antelope
What kind of food do cheetah give there baby to eat?
they eat us poeple
What does a cheetah prefer to eat?
it perfers to eat gazelles than any other animal in their food chain
What is the food source for a cheetah?
Cheetahs eat ONLY what they kill... they do not eat anything that was not killed by their kind.
What is a cheetah's food or prey?
they eat other animals like zebras and wildabeasts
What are the impacts of cheetahs becoming endangered?
The impacts of the cheetahs becoming endangered means that the eco-system in the cheetah's region becomes thrown off. The food that the cheetah eats will become overgrown. The animals that eat the cheetah will have less food.
What does the cheetah do for food?
A cheetah that wants to find food will either go for the hunt (going out and stalking prey) or sometimes when humans have started farming in the area try to kill and eat livestock.
Why doesn't the cheetah eat food that it did not kill?
Given an opportunity cheetah will eat food that it did not kill. However, it doesnt get a chance. Large predators like Lions can easily scare off a cheetah from its kill and eat the prey. But, the other way round cannot happen because Cheetahs are not big enough to scare any other predator in its environment.
What do you get when you cross food and a cheetah?
Fast food because you have food and a cheetah, a cheetah is fast so you combine them together and get fast food
What part of the food chain are cheetahs in?
the food chain that they can find their food is in the predator food chain
What will a cheetah be eaten by?
what will eat a cheetah
