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Yes, when the cheetah is a newborn, it has a black and white stripe down its back, similar to that of the honey badger. This is called mimicry. When a predator is nearby, the baby cheetah lies down with its stripe facing up and tricks the predator into thinking that the cub is a honey badger. Predators generally avoid honey badgers because of their violence. The excellent use of mimicry by a baby cheetah helps it to survive in the wilderness
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How is the skin pattern of a cheetah useful to it?
It can be useful as camouflage when they are hunting. A cheetah cub can look like a honey badger, with a stripe on its back, which scares some predators off.
What is it about baby cheetahs that make them seem bigger to predators?
The nape, shoulders and back of cheetah cubs are thickly covered with long bluish grey hair. This downy underlying fur, called a "mantle", gives them a Mohawk-type appearance; this fur is shed as the cheetah grows older. A study noted that this mane gives a cheetah cub the appearance of the honey badger and this could act as a camouflage in both animals. Most animals, even large predators, will avoid contact with a honey badger. They are vicious fighters. Cheetah cubs are highly vulnerable during the first few weeks of their life; mothers keep their cubs hidden in dense vegetation for the first month.
Why do cheetah cubs look like their mother?
Actually, cheetah cubs look quite different from the mother and do not really begin to look like the mother until they are several weeks old. They have a thick mane of blue-gray hair to make them look larger and to resemble the honey badger to help keep predators away.
Who does ash like in Pokemon out of all the girls he traveled with?
all of them, cuz ash is like honey badger "HONEY BADGER DONT GIVE A SHIIIT"
What is badger-like animal of the mellivora genus?
The Mellivora genus is the genus of the honey badger, an African animal.
How is a honey bradger born?
A Honey Badger is a placental mammal and is born like us humans.
What is a female honey badger called?
The honey badger-also known as ratal- is part of the Mustelidae family. Honey badgers are not anything to do with badgers, they are only called honey badgers because in french, badger means the word "dig", honey badgers are very extreme when it comes to claws and teeth. Claws are used for digging and also breaking into a bee hives, that's where the name HONEY comes from. This species favorite food is honey and even LOTS of stings NEVER now and NEVER will stop the honey badger getting its honey. The most fearless animal in the world, stealing meals off lions to killing the feared monitor lizard, is the deadly honey badger.A honey badger is a member of the mustelid family(think weasel and mink).They are native to Africa.They are very ill tempered(much like the North American Badger) and are quite fearless.Here is a link http://www.honeybadger.com/ that will explain them in more deatil.
Who would win in a fight a badger vs honey badger?
Honey Badgers are MUCH bigger as well as stronger. They win food over lion tribes
Are there Honey badger in australia?
No. There are no badgers of any kind in Australia. Many Australians do not even know what a badger looks like.
Is an honey badger a endotherm or an ectotherm?
An endotherm is an animal that maintains its body temperature by producing heat from energy from food. Ectotherms get their heat only from the environment. The honey badger is a mammal, and, like all mammals, is an endotherm.
How does self mimicry help a cheetah attract its prey?
Technically older cheetahs do not really have mimicry. It is the young cubs that do. They curl up like a honey badger so other animals won't prey on it. The older cheetah makes chirps, telling the cub to lay down and curl up so she can stalk her prey. So, to answer the question, cheetah cubs are the ones that have mimicry. Not the older cheetahs.
What do baby cheetahs look like?
small cheetah
