Cheetah facts
 

Are cheetahs adapted to hunting in groups?

Only male cheetahs live and hunt in groups called coalitions, while female cheetahs raise their cubs in complete solitude.

Indeed, once adulthood is reached, cheetah brothers live together for life, hunting together and having each other’s backs right until the moment of death.

Additionally, unlike lions and leopards which are aggressively territorial, male cheetahs seem to tolerate outsiders and welcome them among their group.

In that way, male cheetahs have evolved to minimize the disastrous effects of their species’ usual weakness.


As such, thanks to teamwork combined with lighting speed, they can easily bring down prey as large as jaguars, panthers, lions, bears and even buffalos, which can be defenseless against the cheetahs’ relentless assault.

Nevertheless, male cheetahs are perfectly adapted to living and hunting in groups, while the females are solitary.

Mothers live with their cubs for about 36 months. Even under the mother’s watchful eye, about 70 percent of cubs are killed.


Lone males are not common and typically do not survive for long on their own. If they make it, cheetahs live up to 12 years in the wild (up to 17 years in captivity).

As animals that engage in a behavior called polygyny, male and female cheetahs will mate with many different members of the opposite sex during their lifetime.

Females can mate with several males in the span of a few days and have different fathers for the offspring in the same litter.

Clay, what in the hell is this supposed to be?

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This is a thread about Cheetahs.

Look at this lovely Cheetah family.

https://images.fineartamerica.com/im...j-van-dijk.jpg

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Sometimes you do something awesome (the KK saga) and then take it a step too far (ode to LJ, this thread).

Nonsense, Mr. MMXcalibur.

Did you know that one strategy for helping captive cheetahs breed is to pair them with a companion dog?

A dominant dog is very helpful because cheetahs are quite shy instinctively, and you can't breed that out of them. When you pair them, the cheetah looks to the dog for cues and learns to model their behavior.

It's about getting them to read that calm, happy-go-lucky vibe from the dog.

This was successfully done a few years ago with a Cheetah and a Black Lab from Texas.

Young Cheetahs' shoulders are covered with long hair, sometimes giving them a Mohawk-type appearance.

It has been suggested that this mane gives a cheetah the appearance of the Honey Badger, and could act as camouflage for both.

Further reading:

http://www.catsg.org/cheetah/05_libr...er_Mammals.pdf

This ABSOLUTELY deserves Romper Room and it's pretty close to deserving a 1 week ban hammer.....WTF???

Because it's not about hookers?

I found these facts fascinating.

This is not a horrible thread. For those of us who grew up on Marlin Perkins and Nova it's quite welcome.

God damn haters.

Why would you ban someone who could tell you this:

The Cheetah was first discovered in The Land of Punt.

The Ancient Egyptians brought them back to their Kingdom as pets.

Best thread we’ve had in awhile!!!!

Cheetah over pigs all day!!!!

**** you Brooke, fat disgusting bitch. Sweatin’ gravy and shit.

40 Yards of Gold is on PPV tonight... Bullshit competition without a Cheetah...