"Damn, look a' that son o' bitch go! He haulin' ass!"
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But if they do come by your house, don't kill them. While solitary male cheetahs can be territorial, most of them are harmless and in fact quite easy to tame. While not fully domesticated, evidence of cheetahs being kept as pets or being used for coursing (that is as hunting animals) dates back to Ancient Egypt.
Their most remarkable feature is naturally their speed (they've been clocked reaching up to 98 km/h, or about 61 mph). However, cheetahs are also one the the few cats who can't fully retract their claws, and who hunt during the day, as opposed to being nocturnal.
Most unfortunately, however, cheetahs are not doing so great today. There are about 7000 of them in the wild in fragmented populations, down from 100,000 at the beginning of the 20th century. (Some even have to appear in cheese snack commercials to make ends meet.)
Notice the tail. See how it is kept down and directly behind the cheetah. Cheetahs use the tail as a counterbalance it's how they can make pinpoint turns while maintaining significant speed.
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But if they do come by your house, don't kill them. While solitary male cheetahs can be territorial, most of them are harmless and in fact quite easy to tame. While not fully domesticated, evidence of cheetahs being kept as pets or being used for coursing (that is as hunting animals) dates back to Ancient Egypt.
Their most remarkable feature is naturally their speed (they've been clocked reaching up to 98 km/h, or about 61 mph). However, cheetahs are also one the the few cats who can't fully retract their claws, and who hunt during the day, as opposed to being nocturnal.
Most unfortunately, however, cheetahs are not doing so great today. There are about 7000 of them in the wild in fragmented populations, down from 100,000 at the beginning of the 20th century. (Some even have to appear in cheese snack commercials to make ends meet.)