Fast Animals

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Jaguar
Ostrich
Cheetah
Fast Animals
By Dylan
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The Cheetah
Scientific Name Acinonyx jubatus
Fastest land animal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Home In all parts of Africa where there are not
many trees DescriptionLong and flexible cat
with dark spots and yellow to white fur. It
seems like the head is way too small for its
body.
Info
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An estimated 9,000 to 12,000 cheetahs remain in
the wild.
LIFESPAN 10 to 12 years.
RANGECheetahs are found in eastern and
southwestern Africa.
HABITAT open and partially open savannas. FOOD
Cheetahs use their agility and quickness to catch
prey, such as gazelles, wildebeest calves,
impalas and smaller hoofed animals, pushing them
to the ground and using its sharp teeth to chomp
on the neck to kill it. They have to eat fast so
their kill doesnt get taken by other carnivores.

THREATS The future of the cheetah is fading
because of cub mortality rate and their slowly
losing their habitats.
Fun Facts
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Jaguar
Scientific name Panthera onca
Endangered!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Largest land animal!!!!
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DESCRIPTIONThe jaguar is very colorful and it
blends in well with its environment. It has an
orange-tan fur coat with black spots and white on
the belly. SIZE The jaguar measures five to six
feet from its nose to the tip of its tail and
weighs 140 to 220 pounds (females are. Not as big
but still a good size). POPULATION About 15,000
jaguars remain in the wild. LIFESPAN Jaguars
can live between 12 and 16 years. RANGE Mostly
found in Central and South America and some
continue to live in Mexico. HABITAT Jaguars
prefer thick forest or swamps with good cover and
water access but some hunt on open areas .
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Fun Facts
FOODThe jaguars dinner menu is very big,
including peccaries (wild pigs), capybaras (large
rodents), deer, sloths, caymans, tapirs,
freshwater fish and smaller animals. Sometimes
livestock is a choice for them.
THREATS Jaguars are threatened by
hunting but the greater danger is their habitat
loss and fragmentation.
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LARGEST BIRD
Scientific Name Struthio camelus
Ostrich
Mean and NASTY! !!!!!!!!!
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DESCRIPTIONFlightless bird that when full grown
it is 98 inches tall and weighs over 250 pounds.
The male ostrich has black fluffy feathers on its
back and primary white feathers on its tail and
wings. Females are more camouflage with dark
green feathers on its back. Ostriches have bare
skin on their necks and thighs. For males its
either blue or pink and for females the skin is a
pinkish-gray. They have long necks, strong legs
with two toes on each foot, small head, and large
eyes. Their voices are either a roar or loud
hiss. HABITAT
Ostriches live on flatlands that dont get much
rainfall in Africa.
FOOD They eat shoots, leaves, flowers and
seeds.
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