What affects us affects cats
The cheetah derives its name from the Hindi word for chita, meaning spotted or sprinkled. The names of other animals have also been derived from the same word, for example: chital (spotted deer) and chita-bora (a snake). The cheetah’s scientific (Latin) name is Acinonyx jubatus. Acinonyx is probably derived from Greek: akaina (thorn) and onyx …
“A hungry cheetah has two ways of finding a meal.” Cheetahs either watch from a resting site or walk slowly through grassland looking for prey. They might also scan the area from a raised platform such as a termite mound. Cheetahs tend to select a ‘prey item’ (an individual animal) before chasing. Animals selected …
In 2014, three cheetahs were bought from an eastern European dealer by Dee and Daniel Ashman of “Predator Experience” in the Lake District, England. Dee and Daniel failed to obtain planning permission for their new cheetah enclosure before they acquired the cheetahs. The local authority, the Lake District National Park Authority, have refused to …
A major threat to the survival of the cheetah in Namibia is retaliatory killing or preventative killing of this wild cat species by farmers. They think the cheetah kills their livestock such as calves. Either they kill the cheetah because they think a cheetah has killed a calf or they want to prevent the …
If you listen to the last bit of this video of a cheetah purring it is quite impressive. The recording is good which helps but the purr is very strong. Below the video is another showing the waveform of the sound. The order of breathing in the video immediately above is: egressive (out) — …
A video showing the cheetah (world’s fastest land animal) in slo mo compared to the world’s fastest dog, the greyhound. The cheetah wins hands-down of course. Although this is not a race. The cheetah is designed for speed not endurance. Perhaps the greyhound has greater endurance. In terms of speed and endurance the most …
In this interesting video, I love the dignified cheetah but I hate the circus of gawping humans with their beloved technology that surrounds her. There is a stark contrast in behavior. I think we come off worst. Is this cheetah experience good or bad? At the end of the video the tourists cry out …
This is a nice and unexpected story. It is not hard, fresh news but it is news to me. I expect it is to some other people as well. You may know that in Africa farmers sometimes use the Anatolian Shepherd dog as a guard for livestock such as goats and sheep. The Anatolian …
