Category: Acinonyx
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Sponsor a cheetah
“Sponsor a cheetah” is a preservation program targetting those cheetahs that can no longer be released back in the wild because they lived too long in captivity. From the United Kingdom, the Cheetah Conservation Fund, allows to give £100 or more to help the following individual cheetahs: Blondi, Leia, Josie, Dusty & Sandy Klein, Merlot,…
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The running cheetah
Did you think that the cheetah is actually a thin cat? Slenderness does not equate lack of muscle. Check this video and admire the work of the muscles while this cheetahs run full speed. YouTube link At the end of the video, you have also seen a most common event: A cheetah loosing its prey…
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Hunting is not enough for the cheetah
Cheetahs are impressive hunters thanks to their capacity for high speed chases that leave nearly no chance to a surprised victim. But, it is also a very fragile animal which is usually not able to defend its prey. Here is a very common situation: The gazelle he just caught is immediately stolen by the much…
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Save a cheetah
Sometimes, for endangered species, it becomes necessary to forget re-introduction in the wild, but mere life preservation becomes critical. This is even more important for large carnivores like the cheetah because they need a lot of space and a large quantity of preys asociated to well-developped habits and sophisticated hunting techniques. Since the cheetahs are…
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When pumas, jaguars and cheetahs lived in Europe
Big cats like lions, pumas, jaguars, cougars, cheetahs or leopards disappeared from continents where they could be found in prehistoric times. Here is a series of articles about prehistoric felines. Europe, where the sabre-tooths, lions and leopards are Pumas of South Africa, cheetahs of France, jaguars of England Source: Tretrapod Zoology
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Jason Morgan, painter of tigers
Jason Morgan paints tigers. He really does. If you like his work, it’s a time as good as any to go and visit his web site. What is surprising is his willingness to be commissioned to do an original painting from a model you’d select. But I also suggest you’d go to his blog in…