What affects us affects cats
The title is a bit misleading in my opinion and it certainly does not convey the full story although I can only make a judgement based upon the story’s narrative which originates from the Times newspaper. I have adopted the newspaper’s headline. PICTURE HAS BEEN REMOVED AS IT MAY UPSET VIEWERS. A 10-year-old boy, …
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 …
Wealthy individuals living in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) who collect exotic, large, wild cat species are often feeding their illegally acquired trophy cats such as cheetahs and lions a wholly inadequate diet of chicken meat and nothing else leading to serious ill-health such as neurological disorders resulting, ultimately, in an early and unnecessary …
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) — …
This is an essay on the cheetah written for children and people who like plain English. I have kept it short deliberately. If you like it please share on social media. The cheetah is not only the fastest animal on land, it is also one of the most beautiful, stylish and athletic movers on the …
