World Tourism / The Fastest Animals in the World / Cheetah-greatest fast runner

The cheetah  can be found mostly in East Africa. They're also found in some places in the Middle East, in Iran, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan. Cheetahs are the perfect example of the effects of natural selection for creating a super fast, aerodynamic hunting cat. There are many species of big cats in the world, for example leopards, lions, jaguars, mountain lions, ocelots, and tigers, but none of them can reach the speed of the cheetah. The natural selection perfectly works  on those animals  that have the best physical ability, body design, and behaviors to adapt easily to their environment and survive there, while other animals who do not feature these qualities will not survive to pass on their genes to another generation. In this world there are many other large wild cats who look and behave very differently from the cheetah, but  adapted to live and survive in their own environments in other ways. The head of cheetahs is small in proportion to its body and  the long and strong  tail helps the cheetahs to maintain balance when they try to change the direction at extremely high speeds.

A perfect characteristic for this animal are the dark lines that look like "tears", supposed to absorb glaring sunlight for a better vision during the day.

 

 

Although the Cheetah is the greatest  fast runner  and the high speed  allows the cat to overtake its prey within short distance. The cheetahs are hiding firstly then use the element of surprise to get close enough to the gazelle before giving chase. The best sense of the cheetah is its sight, and thanks to it  cheetah can detect a gazelle runing in the grass from a distance of over 500 meters. Cheetahs feature shorter upper canine teeth, which permit a perfect ventilation of the huge lungs after the race and even when suffocating the victim. We need to mention that cheetah has huge lungs and heart.

 

Females with cubs hunt all day long, but the lonely adults just once at 2-3 days. About half of their  attacks on the prey are a failure. A cheetah can eat up to 14 kg of meat once.

Its spine is extremely elastic, working like a spring. Compared with the limbs of other cats, the limbs  the cheetah are very long and thin, perfect for running, including  lax articulations to the body allowing to animals to make large steps. The skeleton of a cheetah is also very light. The elastic spine and the long legs permit to practice successive jumps of about 7 m in length each and in 2 seconds a cheetah has already reached 75 km per hour and in 3 seconds even 110 km.

 

The cheetah is very slick and can select an animal isolated from the herd  and usually hunts the prey  in the first 500-600 m. The female insists more on chasing the prey. But in case the prey gets an advantage of 20 seconds, the cheetah gives up on hunting. After that race the cheetah is totally exhausted and needs  half an hour to recover. These beautiful and fast animals are very famous for their dexterity and for their unique abilities. The tourists are amazed by this animal, and the admiration for it grows when they get to see it in real life. The cheetahs are splendid when they run and catch the prey, and you are waiting in silence for the culmination of the race. It is truly fantastic to stay and admire these amazing animals, who seem to be the fastest in the world.

 

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