Cheetah+Period+6

Group Members:** Jack O'Neal + Jalil Braxton
 * [[image:314840194_43309b93c6.jpg caption="Photo by Dennis Knake's Photostream"]]

__Google Earth Tour__

Jack will be in charge of the Google Earth Tour and Jalil will complete the wiki.
 * How Will We Work Together:**


 * Research:**

1. The Cheetah primarily lives in Namibia, Africa but also cheetahs are located in grasslands, savannas, and dense vegetation where prey is abundant. Cheetahs do not migrate. There are really only two varieties of the cheetah: African and Asian. But historically there were eight subspecies not proven by evidence that they existed. The cheetah has tan or yellow fur with solid black spots. It is the swiftest hunter in Africa because of it's flexible spine, increased lung capacity, large heart and slender, muscular body. Cheetahs are mostly solitary animals. Males stay with females for only a few days after mating. Primarily, the females are alone with their cubs. The Cheetah doesn't roar, they just growl, hiss, purr, and whine. Cheetahs primarily communicate with birdlike chirping sounds.

2. Cheetahs are becoming extinct in almost all of their habitats. People hunt and kill cheetahs so they can sell their fur. Our cities are growing too and decreasing their habitats. In 1900, there were 100,000 cheetahs in the world and now reduced between 10,000 and 20,000. Ten percent are living in captivity. Humans used to kill cheetahs just for their fur. Poachers still hunt cheetahs illegally.

3. Roger Williams Park Zoo and Dickerson Park Zoo is where there are cheetahs in captivity.

4. The Wildlife Conservation Network in Los Altos Hills, California.


 * Photos**

"Cheetah Characteristics." African Wildlife Foundation. 2007. 1 May 2008 <[|http://www.awf.org/content/wildlife/detail/cheetah>.]
 * Bibliography (All Resources Used)

"Cheetah Runs At the San Diego Zoo." The San Diego Zoo. 2008. 1 May 2008 <[|http://www.sandiegozoo.org/kids/animal_cheetah_run.htm>.]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_zoos (No Author.)

http://www.sandiegozoo.org/kids/animal_cheetah_run.htm (No Individual Author.)

http://www.wildlifecentre.co.za/cheetah.htm Origin Blu Communications.

Aconyx jubatus is the scientific name for cheetah. http://www.extremescience.com/Cheetah.htm Extreme Science.

http://www.livingdesert.org/animals/cheetah.asp The Living Desert.

www.cheetah.org

www.cheetahspots.com

www.bigcats.com

www.tenan.vuurwerk.nl/reports/crosswroa/shana.htm Britannica Online

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