Cheetahs Prey on a Young Impala | First kill | BBC Earth
2018年1月26日 · Follow a Cheetah hunt as these cubs stalk their prey alongside documentary filmmaker Simon King tries to keep up. Subscribe to BBC Earth for more amazing ani...
Locomotion dynamics of hunting in wild cheetahs | Nature
2013年6月12日 · Runs started with a period of acceleration, either from stationary or slow movement (presumably stalking) up to high speed . The cheetahs then decelerated and manoeuvred before prey capture.
Flexible energetics of cheetah hunting strategies provide ... - Science
2014年10月3日 · Williams et al. and Scantlebury et al. used remote measures of physiology and behavior to identify the hunting strategies of the stalking North American puma and the speedy African cheetah (see the Perspective by Laundré). In both cases the cats' hunting strategies are well matched to produce a balance between the energy they spend on the hunt ...
Stalk and chase: how hunt stages affect hunting success in Serengeti ...
2012年9月1日 · We used a long-term data set from cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus, in Serengeti National Park in Tanzania as a model of a stalking carnivore to examine how characteristics of the environment, the prey and the hunter impact overall hunting success through the success of stalks and chases. Cheetah have two main hunting strategies.
Pursuit predation - Wikipedia
Pursuit predation is typically observed in carnivorous species within the kingdom Animalia, such as cheetahs, lions, wolves and early Homo species. The chase can be initiated either by the predator, or by the prey if it is alerted to a predator's presence and attempt to flee before the predator gets close.
Cheetahs modify their prey handling behavior depending on risks …
2018年4月10日 · We investigated how cheetahs modify their behavior on kills to minimize risks from larger predators. Using 35 years of data on 400+ cheetah hunts across 159 individuals, we found that cheetahs without cubs whose primary danger is having their kill stolen spent little time engaged in vigilance and instead ate quickly, reducing the risk of theft.
Morphology and physiology — IZW Cheetah Research Project
Cheetahs are the fasted terrestrial mammal species and have a characteristic hunting behaviour. They normally start a hunt by stalking their prey and approach it to 60 m to 70 m, before they break into a sprint. The sprint last only approximately 200 m to 400 m, reaching a …
Recent inner ear specialization for high-speed hunting in cheetahs …
2018年2月2日 · The cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus, is the fastest living land mammal. Because of its specialized hunting strategy, this species evolved a series of specialized morphological and functional body...
Stalking the Prey: The Cheetah's Methodical Approach to Hunting
16. 1.4K views 1 year ago. In the vast and unforgiving African wilderness, few animals embody speed, grace, and power like the cheetah. Known as the world's fastest land mammal, cheetahs are not...
How does a cheetah hunt its prey? - Simply Ecologist
One of the most common hunting methods is the stalk-and-sprint technique. This involves the cheetah using its keen senses to locate its prey from a distance and then stealthily stalking it to get as close as possible without being detected.