cheetahs by TARA and PAIGE

Contents

How long they live ? How far they can run ? Where they live ? What they eat ? Are they becoming extinct ? How cheetahs influence fashion ? Pictures Questions……

How long they live

Cheetahs live up to 10 to 12 years

How far they can run

The top speed ever recorded for a cheetah was one which ran at 75 mph, though most cheetahs can run about 60 - 70 mph.They can reach their top speed in 3 seconds (faster than most supercars), and can maintain this speed for at least 60 seconds, although they generally keep running at high speeds for about 90 seconds, especially when trying to catch prey

Where they live

Africa Explanation Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) historically lived throughout Africa, the

Middle East, and Southern Asia.

However, most of the remaining wild cheetah populations are located in sub-Saharan Africa (south of the Saharan Desert) with some smaller populations in Northern Africa and one isolated population still living in Iran.

The largest remaining African Cheetah population is located in the region of Namibia and Botswana (Southern Africa), while the second largest population survives in Kenya and Tanzania (East Africa).

What they eat

They are a carnivores ( meat eaters ) They eat zebras and antelopes and gazelles

Are they becoming endangered

There are many reasons why cheetahs are endangered and the most important are definitely: decline in prey, loss of habitat, poaching, and high mortality of cheetah cubs. Cheetahs once lived in almost all African countries and in large parts of the Asia but today they are almost extinct in Asia, and the number of African countries where once cheetahs lived has increased to 16.

HOW CHEETAHS INFLUENCE FASHION

Pictures

Quiz ????

1 where do they live ? 2 what do they eat? 3 are they becoming extinct?

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