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Cheetahs
The Cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus, is a member of the cat family, Felidae. They hunt by sight and speed, rather than by stealth typical of other big cats. The fastest of all terrestrial animals reaching speeds of over 110 km/hour (60 mph) in short bursts, it is the only cat that cannot completely retract its claws.
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Adult Cheetah's have no natural enemies or predators. They are too fast to be caught by any other animal. However, the youngsters are vulnerable to animals like lions and hyenas.
Apart from this, humans are the biggest threat to cheetahs. Humans have hunted them for centuries almost wiping them out in Asia and driving them to low numbers in Africa.
What do cheetahs for do entertainment?
Cheetah cubs and younger Cheetahs will play with siblings or their parents for fun, and the parents usually play along if only for a while before they get tired of it. Young Cheetahs will also chase smaller animals just for the sake of the chase, for fun.
From its head to body it measures 44-53 inches. The tail is 26-34 inches. It weighs 88-183pounds
What are a cheetah's adaptations to its environment and why?
One of the cheetah's adaptations, its claws. The claws help it to catch its prey. A Cheetah has a pointed pad on the back of each front leg, because it runs so fast and these help it to stop.
What can happen to a cheetah if it runs fast for too long?
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it will over heat, cause brain damage, then cause death.
Cheetahs can reach or exceed 70 mph in short bursts. Pronghorns can come close to that but the cheetah is still the fastest land animal. The highest horse race speed ever recorded over two furlongs was 70.76 km/h (43.97 mph) which is considerably slower than a cheetah.
Cheetahs were once kept by people to serve a specific job What was that job?
Cheetahs were once kept by people for use in hunting.
What are facts about the cheetah that start with letter e?
The cheetah is the world's fastest land animal. It can run at the speed of 60 miles per hour! A cheetah can reach it's top speed in just 3 seconds! When the cubs are born they are blind and helpless for 11 days.
Cheetah cubs start out drinking their mother's milk, like all young mammals. Eventually, their teeth develop enough that they can eat meat, and so their mother shares her kills with them. Shortly after that, they are weaned and only eat meat.
Young cheetahs face numerous threats. Lions, leopards, hyenas all may prey on young cheetahs, up until they are around a year old, then they are much too fleet for these predators to catch.
One theory scientist have, is that long ago cheetas were so close to extintion, that they started breeding with there siblings, so there genes are so alike, they are likely to be born with deformatys, or die at birth.
Cheetahs are considered "vulnerable", not endangered, by the IUCN.
The possibility exists that cheetahs could becomeendangered, as poachers regularly kill them for their fur.
The IUCN Red List has them listed with a status as "Vulnerable" which is in the same category as "threatened", along with endangered, and critically endangered. It is one step below the "endangered" classification. This means the decrease in their population numbers, over their range, doesn't qualify for the listing status of endangered. For more details see sites listed below.
Yes cheetahs are endangered animals. People are hunting them down. They are close to being extinct.
yes,but we can repopulate them. stop destroying their home.
No, but they are killed quite a lot by poachers.
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Yes Cheetahs are endangered we need to keep them alive
Yes, Cheetahs are endangered. There is approximately only 13,000 Cheetahs left in the wild.
most cheetahs in the world are so if u ask its a yes
yes they are due to poachers which kill them for their skin
yes cheetahs are endangered
Yes.Cheetahs are endangered
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Yes. Especially in Asia. Hunting, habitat degradation and fragmentation, desertification, and direct killing of wildlife that the Cheetah preys upon are all factors responsible for the chronic decline of the Cheetah in Asia.
The Asiatic Cheetah exists in very low numbers, divided into widely separated populations. Its low density makes it more likely to be affected by a lack of prey through livestock overgrazing and antelope hunting, coupled with direct hunting by humans. Cheetah's were widely hunted by humans for decades and that is the main reason for their drastic decline in numbers.
Though the African cheetah is found in more numbers than their asian cousins, they too are threatened due to habitat loss and hunting.
The cheetah is currently one step above "endangered". That is classified as "vulnerable".
Where do cheetahs and lions live?
Cheetahs live in grasslands, savannahs, mountainous terrains, semi-deserts, prairies, thick brush, eastern India, Pakistan, and all these can be found in Africa. Lions live in the same places, but not in the same part.
Which Redskins QB is best known for his over the top celebration which gave him a concussion?
In a game against the New York Giants in November, 1997, Redskins' QB Gus Frerotte scrambled for a TD after being flushed out of the pocket by the Giants pass rush. Frerotte 'celebrated' by headbutting the wall behind the endzone. The camera angle that showed him as he turned around show his eyes glazed and his gait unsteady. That Redskins and Giants game wound up in a tie 7-7.
How can you make your legs strong?
bike 20 miles a day for 2 days then take 1 day off and repeat this process over and over
What is the recovery plan for cheetahs?
The recovery plan for cheetahs is stronger enforcement of anti-poaching laws. In Namibia, there is a farmer education program, to give farmers alternatives to keep their livestock safe.
Cheetahs do not form prides like lions do.
Female cheetahs are solitary, prefering to hunt alone, and only associating with males for mating.
Male cheetahs sometimes will hunt together.
