What affects us affects cats
Yes, lions do kill and eat cheetahs but this isn’t the full story. Two separate sources tell me that lions kill a lot of cheetah cubs. Cheetah cubs have a relatively high mortality rate in the first few months of life. Two weeks after emerging from their den at eight weeks of age only …
There is some interest as to whether the cheetah can breed with any one of the big cats namely either the tiger, lion, jaguar and leopard. With these sorts of questions you have to go to Sarah Hartwell’s website which is messybeast.com because she is the scientist and expert and more importantly she knows …
Cheetahs hunt mainly during the daytime but it depends on where they are. In the Sahara where it gets very hot they do most of their hunting at night and in the hours after daybreak. One website (BBC) states that their night vision is hardly any better than ours which is unusual for a …
You have to ask why cheetahs are endangered almost every year because the cheetah population is declining rapidly and things are changing on the ground constantly. It is said that the planet is entering its sixth mass extinction and global warming is contributing to it dramatically. If you want to find out why the …
I have focused on speed and been selective in presenting these cheetah facts. There are many pages about the cheetah on this site. Please use the custom search tool. Name The cheetah derives its name from the Hindu word chita which means “spotted or sprinkled”. The scientific name of the cheetah, Acinonyx, is thought …
Of course cheetahs can swim. All cats, domestic, feral and wild can swim well. As is the case for all cats, it is as if cheetahs are born with firmware in their brains, to use the language of technology, which gives them competent swimming skills at birth. Some species can swim better or more …
Would you ask, “Why should humans be saved?’. You wouldn’t. It’s only humans who ask these questions because we have the power over animals to decide if they should or should not be saved from extinction in the wild. And that is what the question is asking. Even if the cheetah becomes extinct in …
Are cheetahs nocturnal? There isn’t a black-and-white answer to this question. It depends on where the cheetahs are. Although cheetahs mainly hunt by day, their hours vary slightly from place to place. For example, in the Sahara, where understandably it is very hot with daytime temperatures reaching 43°C, cheetahs do most of their hunting …
