Facts About Cheetahs

• Cheetahs are the world's fastest land mammals.
•  Most wild Cheetahs are found in eastern and southwestern Africa.
• A Cheetah can go from 0 to 60 miles an hour in only 3 seconds.
• Cheetahs are carnivores.
• A Cheetahs weight can range from 77 lbs to 143 lbs.
• The cheetah’s lean build gives it the speed and agility that make it famous. However, this rangy physique also means that the cheetah struggles to live alongside bigger cats such as lions in reserves and national parks – the cheetah is too small to compete.
• Cheetah's Prey Animals. Cheetahs enjoy their meat, and some of their common prey animals are smaller antelopes and wildebeests, impalas, ostriches, jackals, hares and even birds. They are especially fond of hoofed creatures. 
• Cheetahs therefore live mostly on non-protected land surrounded by farmers and rural communities. Sharing this land is difficult because farmers perceive cheetahs to be a threat. Human-wildlife conflict is largely responsible for the loss of 90% of the cheetah population (around 90,000 individual cheetahs) during just one century. Botswana is a remaining stronghold for cheetahs, and Cheetah Conservation Botswana’s main task is improving community perceptions towards the cheetah. Cheetah Conservation Botswana (CCB) works together with the communities that live side-by-side with cheetahs, creating initiatives tailored to meet community needs and priorities. They aim to allow cheetahs to remain as a flagship species for Botswana and its rich biodiversity.
• Cheetahs are daylight hunters that benefit from stealthy movement and a distinctive spotted coat that allows them to blend easily into high, dry grasses.
• Female Cheetahs typically have a litter of three cubs and live with them for one and a half to two years.
• Only 7,000 to 10,000 of the beautiful creatures are alive today and those are under pressure as the wide open grass lands they live on are being destroyed by human settlers.