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The Helpless Cheetah Cubs

By greenexpander ⋅ May 13, 2008 ⋅ Email This Post Email This Post ⋅ Print This Post Print This Post ⋅ Post a comment

Cheetahs are the fastest felines in the world but also the most endangered felines species. These little fellows are born blind and virtually helpless, but they develop fast. At 4 to 10 days of age, their eyes open, and they start crawling around the nest area. They are heavily targetted by other predators, reason for which the female moves the young from den to den every few days. While the female is hunting, cubs are very exposed to predators, having a mortality rate as high as 90 percent in the wild. These amazing pictures epict just that: the early stages of these helpless cubs in their dangerous journey to adulthood.

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Photo credits: Syzu Eszterha / Minden Pictures

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15 comments for “The Helpless Cheetah Cubs”

  1. Cute, although I don’t think I’ll try taking care of one anytime soon >.> I’m not cut out for reserve’ life

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    Posted by Ed | May 18, 2008, 11:03 am

  2. show me a picture of the cheetah

    Posted by Ankit Patel | May 20, 2008, 6:19 pm

  3. can you write more about the cheetahs, please. Thank you.

    Posted by Ankit Patel | May 20, 2008, 6:20 pm

  4. [...] Source: Green Expander [...]

    Posted by Cheetah Cubs | August 2, 2008, 4:38 am

  5. hiya
    me and love cheetah, if possible could you please send pictures to my email every saturdays or sundays. please.
    thank you

    Posted by mahnoor | October 12, 2008, 12:29 pm

  6. they are so lovely

    Posted by eliza zwiep | November 26, 2008, 7:12 am

  7. the cheetah is one of the most awesome creature god creatated~they are so beautiful~my only bad thought is that the #’s are dropping like a rock in water~this magnifcent animal must be preserved~god help us if we dont~love all gods creatures great and small~terrie from south new jersey~

    Posted by terrie | December 6, 2008, 9:10 pm

  8. wow they are so beautiful please tell me more i hope they never go to full extinction they are such wonderful animals and so very beautiful too.

    Posted by angela poisel | January 16, 2009, 4:39 pm

  9. Awww, those cheetahs are so cute!!! cheetahs are my 2nd most favorite animal, after meerkats, they’re adorable too! I sure hope they don’t go extinct too! They should have the right to remain on planet earth.

    Posted by samantha lombardo | January 27, 2009, 3:07 pm

  10. these pictures r so so cute i hope u get time 2 make more!!!!!

    cassie

    Posted by cassie | April 30, 2009, 5:51 pm

  11. get more jaguar pics and get lots of baby jaguar pics now move

    Posted by rebecca | May 4, 2009, 9:06 am

  12. awwww there so little and fuzzy

    Posted by summer | August 17, 2009, 3:40 pm

  13. HiIam MS student my thesis aboat cheetah diet can you send me some peaper?

    Posted by Navid zamani | September 17, 2009, 12:32 pm

  14. OOOOhhhh theyere sooooo cute!!I wish i could have them!!

    Posted by Sanija | September 20, 2009, 5:01 am

  15. Great post. Keep up the good work.

    Posted by XBOX | October 31, 2009, 5:05 pm

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