This is easily twice as fast as the fastest human on Earth today, Usain Bolt, who reached speeds over 27 miles per hour during part of a sprint. When running, cheetahs use their tail to steer, like a rudder for a boat. Cheetahs are the only big cat that can turn in mid-air while sprinting

Asiatic cheetahs, which are a distinct subspecies from African cheetahs, were once tamed and used as hunting animals, much like greyhounds! Cheetahs once lived all over Asia. Cheetahs rely on an abundance of prey to survive. As their habitat was threatened, they were poached, and their prey diminished, Asiatic cheetahs dwindled
in number.

Some cheetahs can weight up to 150 pounds and they are also very long. They can measure nearly 5 feet in length from their head to the beginning of their tail. Cheetah's tails can be nearly 3 feet long. Taking these measurements together makes some cheetahs nearly 8 feet long, from their nose to the tip of their tail! Cheetahs can be up to 3 feet tall at the shoulder.

Cheetahs are much larger than your average house cat, but just like happy house cats, cheetahs purr.

When cheetahs are happy, mostly during meetings between cubs and mothers, they will purr. They also make a wide range of other noises from chirping to hissing and growling,

One very stylish cheetah fact is that cheetah cubs have a row of hair on their back when they are born. This ridge of hair is called a mantle and it's speculated that cheetah cubs are born with this to confuse predators. Scientists think the cheetah cubs' mantle makes them look like honey badgers, which discourages predators. Cheetah cubs need all the protection they can get. While adult cheetahs are not often preyed upon due to their fast speed, larger cats, wild dogs, hyenas, and even eagles often prey upon cheetah cubs!

As a result of this, the mortality rate for cheetah cubs is very high. Cheetah cubs face a 40% mortality rate on average at birth and the mortality rate within certain populations can be up to 90%!

One of the special traits that evolution has provided the cheetah with is an incredible circulatory system to fuel its incredible speed. Cheetah's hearts and lungs are much larger than is strictly necessary for their body. When sprinting to catch prey, the cheetah's lungs and heart turn the cheetah into a supercharged and turbo-powered animal on the move!

They eat a diet made up exclusively of meat. It's the incredible sprinting speed of the cheetah that allows it to catch prey. Some of the animals that cheetahs hunt are quite fast themselves! Gazelle, which are often the prey of cheetahs, can run up to 50 miles per hour, or up to 80 kilometers per hour! Interestingly, cheetahs hunt by day, while most other cats hunt by night.Cheetahs rely on their eyesight as their primary sense for hunting, while other cats have a greater reliance on scent. For cheetahs, it's all about spotting their prey and chasing it down! When a cheetah kills its prey, it usually does so through strangulation. In addition to gazelles, cheetahs hunt impala, hares and other game. Cheetahs will also hunt larger animals, like zebra. When cheetahs hunt larger game, they typically hunt in groups, and typically hunt younger, older, or sick members of the larger animal populations.

Cheetahs do not live as mating couples. The male groups, or solitary male cheetahs, will mark out a territory that overlaps several female home ranges. Male cheetahs are very territorial and fights over territory often result in severe injury or death.

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