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Cheetahs, being quite slender and built for speed rather than strength haven't got as powerful bite as the bigger cats, they usually kill by biting across the windpipe, choking their prey. Depending on the size, this can take up to a few minutes.
2nd Answerer says: Nature films demonstrate that the Cheetah will take down it's prey (from an ambush position) within about 20 - 30 seconds.
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∙ 12y agoCheetahs 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.
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∙ 7y agoIn general, the speed of a hunting cheetah averages 64 km/h (40 mph) during a chase, interspersed with a few short bursts when the speed may vary between 104 and 120 km/h (65 and 75 mph). The most reliable measurement of the typical speed during a short chase is 112 km/h (70 mph).
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∙ 7y agoThe speed of a hunting cheetah averages 64 km/h (40 mph) during a chase, interspersed with a few short bursts when the speed may vary between 104 and 120 km/h (65 and 75 mph); the most reliable measurement of the typical speed during a short chase is 112 km/h (70 mph). Cheetahs have little endurance and can not run at top speed for an extended period.
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∙ 11y agoCubs don't catch their food. The mother does it for them and brings them food. Watch the movie CHEETAH for a mother cheetah and her cubs.
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∙ 7y agoCheetahs can only run at high speed for short distances, under 500 meters, and it can do this in just a few seconds.
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∙ 11y ago70 miles per hour
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∙ 12y ago70-75 mph
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Why is new baby cheetah in danger?
a new cheetah is endangered because the baby cheetah does not know how to take care of itself so the baby cheetah is an easy prey for most predator
What does the cheetah's prey give A oxygen B water C carbon dioxide D energy?
The prey for a cheetah provides energy. Just like for humans, cheetahs take oxygen from the air and give back carbon dioxide to plants; we take in water from both water sources and a little from prey (foods); and humans and cheetahs get energy from the foods we eat.
Do cheetah eats zebra?
Its possible that a Cheetah can eat a Zebra because cheetahs are carnivore and they don't care what they eat.
What is a cheetah's diet?
Almost all antelope they mostly eat the fauns but if they really need the meat they will hunt the females and males. They eat wildebeest cafes the males take down bigger prey like wildebeest zebra. The cheetah's diet consists of impala, springbok, gazelles, kob, warthogs, lesser kudu, blackbuck, hares, and game birds. Male coalitions sometimes take larger prey such as wildebeest. They generally stalk their prey until they are only about 20 meters away, then they chase, which lasts about 20 seconds. The cheetah is only successful in catching it prey in about half of all chases and they often lose they catch to lions and hyenas. Unlike other large cats, the cheetah generally hunts during the daytime.The main prey of the cheetah are small antelope, birds, hare, and warthogs. Cheetahs eat about 6 lbs of meat per day. A good meal is a gazelle, a gnu, a warthog, an impala, or a wildebeest calf. The cheetah's diet includes gazelles, impalas, birds, rabbits, young wart hogs, sables, and springbok. The cheetah's favorite type of food is antelope, especially impalas or the Thompson's gazelle.Cheetahs eat gazelles and other antelope.Cheetahs are carnivorous, and prey mostly on mammals that weigh under 88 pounds. This includes gazelles, and impalas, as well as younger large mammals, like zebras and wildebeests.their diet is smaller antelopes
How do Great White Sharks catch their prey?
They are ambush hunters. They take their prey by surprise from below. They usually hunt early in the morning before the sun rises fully, when the visibility is poor. They usually come up fast from below and attack an unsuspecting prey that is at the water surface. During such attacks, the prey may be thrown off from water, with even the shark making a jump out of the water. Sometimes, when an injured prey starts to escape, they are known to chase and finish the hunt.
How do great white sharks catch prey?
They are ambush hunters. They take their prey by surprise from below. They usually hunt early in the morning before the sun rises fully, when the visibility is poor. They usually come up fast from below and attack an unsuspecting prey that is at the water surface. During such attacks, the prey may be thrown off from water, with even the shark making a jump out of the water. Sometimes, when an injured prey starts to escape, they are known to chase and finish the hunt.
Where do foxes eat?
They eat where their prey has been killed, or they take their catch to their earth and eat it there or they just take it away and eat it. They eat almost everywhere.
What eats the Thompson Gazelle?
Thompsons gazelles' can run pretty quick at about 45 mph, few animals can catch them. Cheetahs are the main predator of the thompsons gazelle. Cheetahs eat them because they are small, slow to a cheetah, and are not very strong. The leopard is also a predator of the thompsons gazelle. Instead of a long chase the leopard waits for the gazelle to come to him. African wild dogs hunt in packs and can easily take down a thompsons gazelle. Baboons will target young or sick or slow moving adults. Hyenas are not fast enough to catch a thompsons gazelle. Jackals may look small, but they are just as fast and nimble as a thompsons gazelle, but they take some time to overpower the gazelle. Lions catch them when they can. Crocodiles very easily snatch gazelles when they are drinking or when in the water. Don't underestimate the thompsons gazelle though. They can escape a cheetah if they really need to. They are more agile and nimble then a cheetah. They are able to make a full u turn while being chased, and can keep running after a cheetah has already stopped.
Why can cheetahs only run fast to catch their prey?
A cheetah is built for high speed, extremely long legs, flexible spine, stiff long tail, light weight, huge heart to pump blood, nostrils to breathe at extreme speeds, small aerodynamic head, claws that don't retract, a leopard is indeed a good climber, but can also run 40+ mph, jump 30 ft across a gorge, 15 ft straight up, scare of 4 cheetahs from a kill, kill an adult male eland (they weigh up to 2000lbs, average leopard 150lbs for a large male), have been seen to drag a young girrafe up a tree,and one individual killed over 400 people in Asia in the early 1900's, they are often considered the most adaptable, secretive, successful(over half a million in Africa, that's more than all other big cats combine) cunning, intelligent, and versatile of all big cats.
What are Siberian tigers prey?
Mainly deer and wild hog, but may take bear on occasion. They will eat about anything they can catch or overpower.
How do koalas move to catch their prey?
Koalas are herbivores, plant eaters. Doesn't take much to chase down some leaves.
How do the great white sharks catch there prey?
Great Whites are pure carnivores. They are ambush hunters. They take their prey by surprise from below. They usually hunt early in the morning before the sun rises fully, when the visibility is poor. They usually come up fast from below and attack an unsuspecting prey that is at the water surface. During such attacks, the prey may be thrown off from water, with even the shark making a jump out of the water. Sometimes, when an injured prey starts to escape, they are known to chase and finish the hunt.
