The Fastest of the Fast

By: HT

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Cheetahs are tan with black spots Short hair 30 inches tall Weighs between 100 and 140 pounds There face is like a normal dogs face Small, pointy ears Short, stubish nose

Cheetahs can also be called the felidae Cheetahs can run 70 mile per hour Cheetahs are the fastest land animals

on earth Cheetahs can run so fast there lungs

and heart need to be very big

LIFE LIFE SPANSPANThey live from 15 to 27 years in the wild

They live 15 to 20 years in captivity

They are endangered

Cheetahs live in… Semi-desert regions Grassland & plains Bushland African plains

African plains and semi - desert regions can be 120 Fahrenheit

Bush land and grass land plains are below 0 to 20 Celsius

LAND FORMSLAND FORMS Cheetahs live in areas

with lots of trees They pounce on their

pray from the trees

Cheetahs live in flat lands

They like flat lands because they can catch as much speed as they need to get their prey

FOODFOOD Cheetahs are carnivores They eat meat They like to pounce on their prey Cheetahs are not cold blooded

PREY AND PREY AND PREDATORSPREDATORS

Hyenas , lions and leopards eat cheetahs

Cheetahs eat small animals like gazelles

Cheetahs use their speed to catch their prey

Cheetahs don’t have a problem catching their prey

100) They use speed to catch prey101) They run to get away from their

predators102) They play fight with their

babies to teach them to fight103) They sit in trees (really high up)

so they can protect themselves.104) They can sit low in the grass so

that they can pounce on their prey.

105) They sprint from 500 feet away from the prey and when they catch their prey they bite their neck and shake their prey to kill it.

BABIESBABIES Baby cheetahs

are 7 to 10 ounces

They are 9 inches long from nose to base of tail

They play fight to know what a real fight is like same with catching food

PHYSICAL ADAPTATIONPHYSICAL ADAPTATIONThey adapt to their habitat by

having dirty blonde hair with black spots so their hair can be like the color of the grass.

Cheetahs lay in the grass with their special hair so the prey does not see them.

They have small ears so they can use them to hear their prey

They have long legs to run fast.They have a long tail to help

them keep balance in trees

PHYSIOLOGICALPHYSIOLOGICAL Cheetahs have

sharp teeth to bite in to prey

Cheetahs have 1 – 2 inch nails to stab in to its prey

Cheetahs have big hearts so they can run very fast for a SHORT DISTANCE

FUN FACTSFUN FACTS• Cheetahs can run

more than one mile in 45 seconds

Cheetahs can run as fast as a ford pick up truck

Cheetahs can run 70 miles per hour for 900 feet

It takes 3 gun shots to kill a cheetah