Matthew's Information On Cheetahs
    The cheetah is a tawny coated, backstopped cat (Acinonyx jabots), native to Africa and southwest Asia, the fastest land animal, capable of running at speeds at 70 miles (113 k) per hour. The average adult weighs 100 pounds (45 kg). Hunting has greatly reduced their numbers. The cheetah has slender legs and claws that can't be drawn in and hidden. In India full-grown cheetahs are sometimes captured in snares to be tamed and trained as hunting animals. What they eat are antelope and other land animals. The relatives of the cheetahs are lions, tigers, jaguars, and leopards. The cheetah usually stalk their pray until they are only several hundred yards away, then they spring forward and close the gap in a whirlwind finish that the antelope are unable to match. When the quarry (black buck or other antelope) is sighted. They can only maintain their fastest speed for only a few seconds. By: Matthew Critch