What affects us affects cats
The cheetah “derives its name from the Hindi word chita, meaning spotted or sprinkled”. Here is the online Google translation which interestingly shows the pronunciation “cheeta” of the Hindi word. The wonderful authors on the wild cats, Mel and Fiona Sunquist, go on to state that other animals have been partly named after the …
Desmond Varaday counted the spots on his pet cheetah and came up with the total of 1,967. Obviously the number varies from cheetah to cheetah but this number provides us with a very good idea as to how many spots cheetahs have. Desmond’s pet cheetah was called Gara-Yaka. He wrote a book about his …
Cheetahs with a body temperature of 40.5°C refused to run in an experimental trial. The distance a cheetah will run at top speed depends on how hot they become during the sprint but probably no more than about 400 meters or yards at which point the cat’s internal temperature becomes too high. A body …
The king cheetah eats the same as any other cheetah. This is because the only difference between the king cheetah and other cheetahs is the markings on the coat due to a genetic mutation. Such a genetic mutation has no bearing on what the cheetah eats. The most authoritative book on the wild cats …
There are two aspects to the question, “why do cheetahs have spots?”. The first is why they exist and the answer is because they provide camouflage for the animal so that he/she can be more effective when hunting. The second aspect of this question is how the spots are formed. That is a far …
People also search for “what noises do cheetahs make” and “can cheetahs roar or purr?”. All these questions relate to the rich vocal repertoire that the cheetah possesses. Cheetahs have a wide range of vocalisations. They have a yelp which is a brief, high-pitched “yow“. This sound is for long-range communication. A researcher reported …
Africa’s cheetah population has always been estimated. I keep saying this about cat population numbers. The same estimates apply to feral and stray domestic cats too. The word “estimate” means we don’t know. In fact, Africa’s cheetah population may be a lot lower than thought. The estimates on population size have been dismissed as …
Date: 2016…The answer is 6,674 (estimated) but read on please…People search for an answer to the question: What is the current cheetah population? The question is posed to ask what is the current world cheetah population in the wild. Note that this is about wild cheetahs. That is the only meaningful figure. The first …
