Almost all cheetahs were wiped out by the last ice age. Modern cheetahs come from the very small pool of cats that survived.
The ancient Egyptians tried to domesticate cheetahs as house pets, and also tamed them to be used for hunting.
The word cheetah comes from the Hindi word “chita” meaning “spotted one.”
The cheetah, which lives in many countries in Africa, can run faster than 60 miles per hour,
A cheetah can go from 0 to 40 mph in three strides.
The fastest cheetah ever recorded was named Sarah. In 2012, then-11-year-old Sarah was filmed running on a U.S.A. Track and Field-certified course at an unmatched pace of 61 miles per hour. Sarah’s 5.95 second 100-meter dash holds the known earth-wide record.
A cheetah that sprints for more than 30 seconds can suffer brain damage.
After a chase, a cheetah needs half an hour to catch its breath before it can eat.
Their long tail helps stabilize and steer cheetahs when they reach top speeds of 70 mph.
A vheetah bite will barely puncture a victim's skin. Their relatively small jaws and teeth make it hard to effectively kill prey. A cheetah kills by asphyxiation, which could take up to 25 minutes.
Cheetahs cannot roar—instead, they chirp like birds.
Their ears are small, short, and rounded, marked by black patches on the back and tawny edges.
Every cheetah has a unique pattern of spots on its coat.
Cheetahs are so genetically similar to one another that their organs can be freely transplanted between any members of their species without the presence of immunosuppression.
Most female cheetahs live their entire lives without ever raising a cub to maturity. Their species is dependent on supermoms: female cheetahs who are particularly adept at caring for cubs.
One supermom, Eleanor, has mothered about 10% of all cheetahs in the southern Serengeti.
Only 5 to 10 percent of cheetah cubs make it to adulthood.
Cheetahs are nervous animals and zoos give them support dogs to help them.
The ancient Egyptians tried to domesticate cheetahs as house pets, and also tamed them to be used for hunting.
The word cheetah comes from the Hindi word “chita” meaning “spotted one.”
The cheetah, which lives in many countries in Africa, can run faster than 60 miles per hour,
A cheetah can go from 0 to 40 mph in three strides.
The fastest cheetah ever recorded was named Sarah. In 2012, then-11-year-old Sarah was filmed running on a U.S.A. Track and Field-certified course at an unmatched pace of 61 miles per hour. Sarah’s 5.95 second 100-meter dash holds the known earth-wide record.
A cheetah that sprints for more than 30 seconds can suffer brain damage.
After a chase, a cheetah needs half an hour to catch its breath before it can eat.
Their long tail helps stabilize and steer cheetahs when they reach top speeds of 70 mph.
A vheetah bite will barely puncture a victim's skin. Their relatively small jaws and teeth make it hard to effectively kill prey. A cheetah kills by asphyxiation, which could take up to 25 minutes.
Cheetahs cannot roar—instead, they chirp like birds.
Their ears are small, short, and rounded, marked by black patches on the back and tawny edges.
Every cheetah has a unique pattern of spots on its coat.
Cheetahs are so genetically similar to one another that their organs can be freely transplanted between any members of their species without the presence of immunosuppression.
Most female cheetahs live their entire lives without ever raising a cub to maturity. Their species is dependent on supermoms: female cheetahs who are particularly adept at caring for cubs.
One supermom, Eleanor, has mothered about 10% of all cheetahs in the southern Serengeti.
Only 5 to 10 percent of cheetah cubs make it to adulthood.
Cheetahs are nervous animals and zoos give them support dogs to help them.
Josephine Baker had a cheetah named Chiquita, which accompanied her on walks down the Champs-Elysee, on a lead with a diamond-studded collar.
Cheetahs were raced at London's Romford greyhound stadium in 1937. A dozen of the big cats had been imported from Kenya to boost dwindling attendances at the dog track.
Estimated at a population of 200 in the 1970’s, there are now thought to be only 70-110 Asiatic cheetahs left in the wild, all occupying the arid, central plateau of Iran.
Cheetahs were raced at London's Romford greyhound stadium in 1937. A dozen of the big cats had been imported from Kenya to boost dwindling attendances at the dog track.
Estimated at a population of 200 in the 1970’s, there are now thought to be only 70-110 Asiatic cheetahs left in the wild, all occupying the arid, central plateau of Iran.
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