animal analysis
...ly taking place in the mornings or late afternoons and sometimes on moonlight nights. Mating last for five to fourteen days. A male cheetah will stay with a female for 2 to 3 days, mating three to five times a day. All males in a coalition will mate. Reproduction is a biological communication process in which the sperm cell of the male parents and female egg cell merge to provide a blueprint for the growth and development of the offspring. Cheetah Females cycle approximately every 12 days, once females reach 13 to 16 months of age, they are sexually mature. Gestation periods are from 90 to 95 days. A typical litter size is one to six cubs that remain dependent on their mother for over a year. Parent-offspring relations and socialization is the interaction between the parents and the children. Children’s survival depends on relations with adults. The cubs are born with their eyes closed which open at around 7 to 10 days. They are completely dependent on their mother until the age of about 18 months when they become independent. The only defense the mother has is to hiss and spit or to try and lead potential cub-killers away. She will move the cubs to a new den site every 5 days or so. As she returns to her offspring, she will wait until dark before joining them. When prey is scarce, the cubs may be left for more than 48 days. Navigation is the goal directed movement of an animal through space, from one location to another. Since they are known for there speed cheetahs can get to there prey easily. Before it begins hunting, a cheetah first scans for a suitable prey from a tree or termite mound, looking out for the weak, inattentive or those standing away from the herd. Also, it looks out for any scavengers and lions who may steal the cheetah’s kill. It may stalk the prey before it bursts into a chase, the cheetah trips the running prey with its sharp claw, then bites the neck, choking it to death, usually within 5 minutes. Self-defense uses messages generated by fight or flight as a signal that their safety is also threatened. The cheetah uses its best qualities as self defense in the cases when mammals they know they can’t fight with, attack them such as the lion and leopard. As I have said earlier the cheetah is the fastest mammal today, so when a lion appr...