Cheetahs

Cheetahs don’t actually cheat in your ordinary game of cards. They are actually part of the cat family so they are mammals. Even though they are big they are just an oversized cat that can run faster and hunt for their food. If you want to look into the cheetahs more read my report.

Once the cheetah mum is pregnant they will wait 90-95 days. After that she will give birth to approximately 3-4 cheetah cubs. The baby cubs will weigh 250g after they are born. The mother cheetah stays with cubs until they are 18 months old then the mothers will chase the cubs off. Cheetahs can live up to 10-20 years, but they only really live up to 8 years.

The cheetahs diet starts out with milk. They drink milk for up to 3-6 months. Then the cheetah cub starts eating meat and learns from their mothers to hunt and survive. The adult cheetahs diet contains gazelles, wildebeest calves, rabbits, birds, hares, antelopes and warthogs.

The cheetahs live in Sub-Saharan Africa. So that means dry open grasslands where they can use there fast legs to easily catch their prey. But these beautiful creatures are on the verge of becoming extinct because of us. Yes, humans are increasing and destroying the cheetahs home and so that means cheetahs are decreasing.

Cheetahs are wild beautiful animals so here are some things you can do to save there home and from them becoming exctinct. Keep informed and give money to the national geographic big cats initiative. Now you know why cheetahs are my favourite animal.