Cheetah Group

1. Cheetahs
The greatest book on
“How to lure your
cheetahs back to the
zoo and keep them
happy!”
Written and published by: Maeve, Jeshlyn, Lucy
and Oceanic

2. Content
Introduction
About cheetahs
Habitat
What are their
surroundings like?
What are their needs?
Cubs
Hot tips
How to keep your
cheetah in the zoo
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3. Introduction
•The cheetah has been around for 4,000,000
years, long before other big cats.
•Cheetahs were common throughout Asia, Africa,
Europe and north America until the end of the
last ice age, when the huge climate changes
caused big numbers of mammals to disappear
and most of the cheetahs in Asia, Africa, North
America and Europe vanished.
•To experts, all cheetahs alive today appear to be
closely related as identical twins.
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4. About Cheetahs
•Cheetahs will grow up to 30-39 inches
high and 4-5 feet in length.
•Cheetahs are born with a weight of 8
ounces. Adult cheetahs weigh between
77-140 pounds.
•Cheetahs will live up to 10-12 years.
•The cheetah’s scientific name is Acinoyx
Juatus.
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5. Habitat
•The cheetah lives in grasslands in
Africa and Asia.
•They live in savannas,
mountainous terrain and in thick
bushes.
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6. What are their surroundings
like?
•Cheetah’s surroundings have
long grass with thick bushes.
•Cheetahs like to be cool in hot
summer weather so their
surroundings have lots of cool
dust and dirt.
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7. What are their needs?
•Cheetahs need a lot of space.
•They also need lots of exercise,
otherwise they will become fat.
•Cheetahs will need the right amount of
food because they will become fat and
unhealthy.

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8. How do cheetah mothers look
after their cubs?
•Mother cheetahs nurse their cubs for about 4
months and care for them for another year.
•Mother cheetahs spend a lot of time scaring off
the predators.
•She shares much of her catch with her cubs
because they (the cubs) are very poor hunters.
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9. Hot tips
How to make their enclosure as natural as possible?
•To make a cheetahs enclosure like their natural
home is to paint the walls with pictures like bushes
and long grass. Have dirt as well on the ground of
their enclosure.
How to make exercise fun?
•Put as many toys and ropes in their enclosure and
take them for a walk around the zoo.
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10. How to keep your cheetah
happy in the zoo
•The conditions in the enclosure need to be exactly like in their
natural habitat ie, average temperature of 15 degrees in
winter and 28 in summer.
•Have plenty of fun play time and give them attention.
•Walk them daily.
•Need lots of love and care.
•A friend like a brother or sister.
•Make sure they have horse meat, beef, rabbits, chicks, and
small hoofed animals for food and fresh water everyday.
•Make sure they have lots of space, at least an average size
school classroom and an outside area.

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11. Do you want to
keep your
cheetahs happy
and safe in the
zoo? Well here’s a
guide about how
to.