Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Why do cheetah have fur?
The cheetahs fur helps it blend in . . . for instance take a plastic animal with spots and trow it down on the ground that matches its. . . Hard to see yea??? It would be better to have a plastic cheetah and throw it down on dead grass just so you get how it looks on the Savvanna though. . .
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Did You Know?
Cheetahs are the only big cats with solid spots. They also have stripes at the ends of their tails.
Servals also have solid spots but they are smaller cats and they are easy to identify because their ears are huge.
Leopards have rosettes of spots and their bodies are more compact and muscular.
King cheetahs are different.They actually have what appear to be large thick stripes. However they are rare ( most likely extinct in the wild) and they look like spotted cheetahs in every other way.
Servals also have solid spots but they are smaller cats and they are easy to identify because their ears are huge.
Leopards have rosettes of spots and their bodies are more compact and muscular.
King cheetahs are different.They actually have what appear to be large thick stripes. However they are rare ( most likely extinct in the wild) and they look like spotted cheetahs in every other way.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Monday, October 18, 2010
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
What Cheetahs Eat
Duiker
Impala
Springbok
Steenbok
Warthog
Cheetahs live for about fifteen years and can attain a mass of about 60 kg.They prey on small antelope, like Sprigbok, Steenbok, Impala, Duiker and Warthog
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Cheetah's are the fastest land mammal in the world -in the 1900's there were an estimated 100,000 cheetah's worldwide and now there are only 10-15,000 with 1/10 of them living in captivity. Three to five cubs are born per litter but when only one is born many times the mother will abandon them and they are raised in captivity. Cheetah cubs are often preyed upon by lions, leopards, and hyenas. They are killed for their furs- and because of loss of habitat and conflict with humans the cheetah population has been declined. They could become extinct in the next fifteen years.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
List of Savanna and Grassland Animals
- Black-footed ferret
- Black-tailed prairie dog
- Brown hyena
- Giraffe
- Greater prairie chicken
- Ostrich
- Pronghorn
- Warthog
- Black rhinoceros
- Afican wild dog
- Koala bear
- Lion
- Caracal
- Nile crocodile
- Afican elephant
- Eygptian mongoose
- Nigriceps ants
- Emu
- Grant's zebra
- Chacma baboon
- Black mampa
- Cheetah's
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