Cheetahs (Endangered Species)

Video Title :	Cheetahs (Endangered Species)
Description :	ENDANGERED SPECIES Long and lanky, cheetahs are the sprinters of the cat world. Their bodies are uniquely designed to run very fast for fairly short distances, allowing them to catch prey that other big cats can't get. The cheetahs' ability to run starts with their flexible spine, which allows their front legs to stretch far forward on each stride. While running, they cover 20 to 22 feet (6 to 6.7 meters) in one stride, about the same distance as a racehorse. But cheetahs are so much faster—the fastest racehorse runs 43 miles per hour (69 kilometers per hour), while cheetahs can run at speeds of up to 70 miles per hour (112 kilometers per hour). Cheetahs are off the ground more than half of their running time! Their claws are hard and sharp like cleats, giving them great traction when they run. Cheetahs are solitary and peaceable except at breeding time, when males fight over females and have been known to kill each other. Cheetahs hunt alone and don't have any of the group behaviors that lions do. Cubs live with their mothers for about 18 months. Littermates will stay together for about six to eight more months, sharing a territory. Then the females head off to live on their own, while the males stay together in small groups until they are mature. Cheetahs are endangered for a number of reasons. Genetic problems, leading to severe inbreeding, occurred long before humans began impacting cheetah habitat. Cheetahs hunt by day, which means their daily routine can be affected by tourists taking safari rides into cheetah habitat. Their habitat is open savanna, the most likely areas to be occupied by humans. There are around 12,000 cheetahs left, down from as many as 100,000 just 100 years ago. Ranchers sometimes shoot them because the cats feed on livestock. The Wild Animal Park and the San Diego Zoo's department of Conservation and Research for Endangered Species (CRES) have been working to solve the unique problems that cheetahs have breeding in captivity. (Credit for information)
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Keywords, Tags :	cheetah endangered species feline cat mammal animal nature wildlife conservation San Diego Zoo Wild Animal Park CRES
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Comments :

Cheetah's ROCK. plain. simple. I LUV EM!

i have an idea to enhance the dna of cheetahs by introducing other cat dna from an african cervil,or leapard.. this should provide some genetic diversity as well as enhance the survival of the new super cheetah

crossbreeding won't preserve cheetah DNA

mine too!

i have a buils-a-bear cheetah and i love the real ones!!! <3

i love all cats that iincludes the cheetahs

i plan on helping all endangered animals. So many animals die from hunters and many other things like Dry Season for African Elephants they go to the coast to cool down but cheetahs cannot do anything.

cheetas are my 5th favorite animal i didnt know they were endangered!

CHEETAHS RULE!!! There also my fav. animal! :)

Cheetahs are my favorite animal also.