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Cheetahs eat mainly antelopes, and small mammals. They often lose their kills to more powerful predators like lions and hyenas, so when a kill is made the cheetah eats quickly, after a short rest.

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A cheetah as a carnivore eats various types of small antelope, rabbits, warthogs, other small mammals and rarly zebras and wildebeest. they catch their food by keeping low to the ground and getting as close as they can to their prey and then with a sudden burst of speed they chase their prey down. as the fastest land mammal they can run long distance so they have to get as close as they can so they have a chance of catching it before they are to tired.

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Where does the cheetah eat his food?

in the ground of course


What does the cheetah eat or use to create food?

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Given an opportunity cheetah will eat food that it did not kill. However, it doesnt get a chance. Large predators like Lions can easily scare off a cheetah from its kill and eat the prey. But, the other way round cannot happen because Cheetahs are not big enough to scare any other predator in its environment.


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