Hunting Cheetah
by Inge Johnsson
Title
Hunting Cheetah
Artist
Inge Johnsson
Medium
Photograph - Digital Capture, Watermark Not On Actual Print
Description
Cheetah in southern Namibia. The cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus), also known as the hunting leopard, is a big cat that occurs mainly in eastern and southern Africa and a few parts of Iran. The cheetah is characterized by a slender body, deep chest, spotted coat, a small rounded head, black tear-like streaks on the face, long thin legs and a long spotted tail. Its lightly built, thin form is in sharp contrast with the robust build of the other big cats. While it is taller than the leopard, it is notably smaller than the lion. Basically yellowish tan or rufous to greyish white, the coat is uniformly covered with nearly 2,000 solid black spots. Cheetah are active mainly during the day; hunting is the major activity. Carnivores, cheetah mainly prey upon antelopes and gazelles. They will stalk their prey to within 300-1,000 ft, charge towards it and kill it by tripping it during the chase and biting its throat to suffocate it to death. The cheetah's body is specialized for speed; it is the fastest land animal. The speed of a hunting cheetah averages 40 mph during a sprint; the chase is interspersed with a few short bursts of speed, when the animal can clock 70 mph.
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June 5th, 2016
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Comments (12)
Don Columbus
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "Photographic Camera Art" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020-2022 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!
Jeff Burgess
Thank you for your wonderful submission to the Pacific Northwest Artists (PNA) group. Your artistic creation has been featured on the home page. This art represents the best of us so a well-deserved “congratulations”. For permanence and additional exposure, please place your art piece in the “Discussion” section titled: featured in 2022.
Gary F Richards
Spectacular capture, lighting, shading, colors and artwork! F/L …voted for this piece in the BEST OF WILDLIFE contest!
Randy Rosenberger
What a fine piece of artwork for me to proudly display on our Featured Artwork section of our Homepage of our Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery group! Thanks for sharing! LIKED & FAVED Randy B. Rosenberger (WFS group administrator)
Dawn Currie
Inge, Congratulations on your feature in Pure Nature Photography - celebrating the best of our natural world!