Only for short periods, to enable enough to eat each day.
12-14 years depending on the enviroment around the cheetas
no
no
no
in water
yes
No
No.
No
Yes. Cheetah's are too small to hunt down and kill a full grown zebra or a buffalo. A zebra calf is about the size that a cheetah can tackle and hunt. Gazelle's, Impala and Springbok are the usual prey species as they are around the size that a cheetah can catch and kill.
They hunt for as long as they can, until they find dinner
warm weather