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 The cheetah is built for speed. It cheetah has long, slim, muscular legs, a small, rounded head set on a long neck, a flexible spine, a deep chest, nonretractable claws, special pads on its feet for traction and a long, tail for 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 inside corner of each eye to the mouth that may serve afrkcan as an antiglare device cheetah for daytime hunting. Cheetahs are found in open and partially afrkcan open savannas. Cheetah mothers spend a long time teaching their young 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, cheetah and afrkcan preferring early morning or early evening, but is also active on moonlit nights. Ancient cultures in Africa revered the giraffe, as some modern cheetah cultures do today, and commonly depicted it in afrkcan prehistoric rock and cave paintings. Unknown outside of Africa, this animal so excited man''s curiosity that it was sometimes sent as cheetah a afrkcan diplomatic gift to cheetah other countries; afrkcan one of the earliest cheetah records tells of a giraffe going from "Melinda" (presumably Malindi) in Kenya to China afrkcan in 1415. The animal was thought to be a cross between a camel and a leopard, a mistake immortalized in the giraffe''s scientific name of Giraffa camelopardalis. The neck is so long the giraffe must spread its front legs apart so its head can 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 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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