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No, Cheetahs are not cannibals. Female cheetahs protect their cubs with their life. They defend them with all their strength. In spite of their efforts nearly 75% of the cubs die within the first one year.
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∙ 7y agoYes, only females care for the cubs. Males leave the female immediately after mating and have nothing to do with caring for the offspring.
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Who take care the baby pandas?
Only the female cares for the cubs. The male disappears after mating with the female.
What type of family does the cheetah have?
ones the mother cheetah has given burth the dad cheetah leaves the mom to defend for herself and her cubs. usually only a few of the cubs survive due to dehidration,starvation,lions,lepareds,humans(poison,habitat loss,cars and gun shot)and death of perant.the mother cheetah will take care of the cubs and teach them how to survive until matchorety,then the boy cheetahs will stick together and hunt together but the girl cheetahs will be loners.
Who takes care of the panda babies?
Only the female cares for the cubs. The male disappears after mating with the female.
How do cheetaahs mate?
Cheetahs mate through copulation, which involves a male mounting a female from behind. Mating can be brief, lasting only a minute or two. After mating, the female will usually establish a den to give birth to her cubs.
Does the cheetah live by itself?
Yes cheetahs are primarily loners who tend to live by themselves and fend for themselves. The only time cheetahs will live with one another is when a female cheetah is raising and fending for her cubs until they are ready to go off on their own.
Do cheetahs depend on groups to survive?
no cheetahs are solitary animals only the cubs of cheetahs live with their mother (not with father) until they reach a certain age some male cheetahs travel on groups especially cheetah brothers
Are female cheetahs ever seen in coalitions?
There was once a coalition of cheetahs found with two females, three males, and three cubs. It was unkown if the group stayed together. Usually, only males are very social though females do not mind interaction with other cheetahs. There is the misconception that lions are the only social cat, Cheetah males are social and females can join a coalition if they wanted.
How many cubs can a panda take care out of 2 cubs?
The mother will take good care of her cub if it is a single cub. the mother will only choose the strongest to feed and will leave the others if twins or triplets are born. This is the called "abandon behavior" .
Do both adult cheetahs raise there young or not?
no only the female raises the young
Do cheetahs live in prides?
Cheetahs do not form prides like lions do. Female cheetahs are solitary, prefering to hunt alone, and only associating with males for mating. Male cheetahs sometimes will hunt together.
How many cubs can cheetahs have?
The number of cheetah cubs born can vary from one to eight, though the common number is three to five.
Is it true only the female cheetah does all the hunting?
Male and female cheetahs do not live together so hunt separately.
