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How does the cheetah attack its prey?

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How does a cheetah prey?

It will stalk it pray until it get close enough than it attack


Can the cheetah attack its prey easily while the prey is moving?

VERY EASILY? no. easily? yes. they are the fastest four leged animal on land.


Is the cheetah prey or a predator?

The cheetah is an apex predator and rarely a prey item, except as a cheetah cub.


How do a cheetah attack?

Cheetahs use their speed and camouflage to hunt prey. Gazelle's, Impala and Springbok are the usual prey species as they are around the size that a cheetah can catch and kill. They lie hidden in the grass and move close to its unsuspecting prey. When they are around 100 to 200 meters near the prey, they pick up a burst of speed and tackle the prey. They go for the throat thereby suffocating the prey


What is an example of competition in the grassland?

Its when a cheetah and a cheetah fight for the same prey.


Does a cheetah attack other animals?

Yes it does. The cheetah has to attack other animals to feed.


Where does a cheetah eat?

A cheetah usually eats it prey perched up in a tree, to protect the killed prey from scavengers (Hyenas).


How fast can a cheetah hunt its prey?

By running up to 46 mph a cheetah can hunt its prey from 3-9 min.


What is a sentence using prey?

The cheetah stalked its prey, hidden in the undergrowth.


What is the diet of the cheetah?

The primary prey of the cheetah is the gazelle and other smaller antelopes.


What does a cheetah prey on and what preys on it?

It preys on large herbivores like antelope and lions eagles vultures and hyenas prey on cheetah cubs. Cheetahs compete with larger predators for prey.


How does cheetah get food and digest it?

A cheetah will expell almost 99% of its energy when using its blazing speed to catch its prey. The internal temperature of a cheetah will increase exponentially during its race to catch the prey. Once caught and killed, the cheetah will lie next to its prey and rest before feeding. Then as any other predator of its nature, the cheetah will eat with others.