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Fact file 1:
The cheetah can run up to 70 kilometers per hour.
Fact file 2: The life span of a cheetah in the wild is 10 years. An adult female weighs between 36 to 45 kg and male 41 to 57 kg The cheetah’s tail is 80cm long which is half as long as the cheetah’s body The Cheetah (Acinonyx Jabtus ) The cheetah is said to be the fastest animal on land and can run at great speeds. It can easily be mistaken for a leopard but has a leaner body towards the rear legs
The Cheetah
The cheetah
runs at top sped of 115kph, it can count- run giant gazelles up to95kph
for 300m,like the other cats it lacks the endurance of distance runners
.The young ones are separated from their mother after 20-24 months and sub
adults continues there association for a time. Collations of three male
can kill can kill a prey as large as Zebra. Female become solitary before
giving birth, they give birth to a minimum of four cubs and as many as
nine cubs. The female has 10 and sometimes 12 teats .The cubs are born
after two-month gestation period. |
Wildlife that can be spotted in these parks includes: African Dogs, Bats, Bongos, Buffalos,
Bush Baby, Caracals, Cheetah , Dik-dik Duikers, Elephants, Fish, Foxes, Gazelles, Genet, Giant rodents & Rats,
Giraffes Hippopotamus, Hirolas, Hyenas, Hyraxes,
Impalas, Jackals, Kudus, Leopard Lions, Mongoose, Oryxes, Priamtes, Rhinoceros, Serval, Snakes &
Reptiles, Sunis Topis, Variety of Birds, Warthogs, Waterbucks, Wildcats,
Wildebeest, Zebras |
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The
cheetah and the grey hound have similar shape with black sports and brown
hair, the cheetah and grey hound are the unusual cat might almost be an
honorary member of the dog family .The cheetah is like a domestic dog only
that the is dog kept by man. They are mostly found in plains of Africa and
Asia; they are selective to nutrition and prey on gazelles and antelopes.