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 The cheetah is built for speed. It has long, slim, muscular legs, a small, rounded head abimal set on a long neck, a flexible spine, pics and abimal a deep chest, nonretractable claws, special pads pics on its feet for traction and a long, abimal tail for pics balance. Although fast, the cheetah cannot run at full speed for long distances (100 yards is about the limit) because it may overheat. Cheetahs have distinctive black "tear stripes" that connect from the abimal inside corner of each eye to the mouth that may serve as an antiglare device for daytime hunting. Cheetahs are pics found in open and partially open savannas. Cheetah mothers spend a long time teaching their young abimal how to hunt small live antelopes are brought back to the cubs and released so they can chase and catch them. Unlike most other cats, the cheetah usually hunts during daylight, preferring early morning or early evening, but is also active on moonlit nights. Ancient cultures in Africa revered the giraffe, as some modern cultures do today, and commonly pics depicted it in prehistoric rock and cave paintings. Unknown outside of Africa, this animal so excited man''s curiosity that it was sometimes sent as a diplomatic gift to other countries; one of the earliest records tells of a giraffe going from "Melinda" (presumably abimal Malindi) in Kenya to China pics in 1415. The animal was thought to be a cross between a camel and a leopard, a mistake immortalized in the giraffe''s abimal scientific name of Giraffa pics camelopardalis. The neck is so long the giraffe must spread its front legs apart so its head can abimal reach the ground to drink. It has unusually elastic blood vessels with a series of valves that help offset the sudden buildup of blood (and to prevent fainting) when the head is raised, lowered pics or swung quickly. In some areas, livestock predation remains a severe problem. If you are looking for african animals then look no further. You can see live feeds of african animals on your computer.
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