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A cheetah's skeleton has been underestimated to being incredibly thin and fragile. in most parts of a cheetah's skeleton, it has somewhat thin bones, but in the haunches and legs, it has thicker bones, to deal with the cheetah's enormous strength in it's haunches and shoulders. they also have a very tough spine, flexible and strong. this spine gives way to a thinner tail as you descend from the neck to the rump. the links on the tail spine are flattened to benefit turns, like a rudder on a boat. Cheetahs have a flap of extra skin and flexible bones to produce longer strides. A cheetah also has a large cranium to support a fairly large brain, needed for it's binocular vision and coordination. cheetahs are very intelligent mammals, well equipped for killing.

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