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Cheetah Cubs Hone their Hunting SkillsOn a visit to South Africa's Kruger National Park, we came across a cheetah mother with five cubs. The cubs were already "teenagers", too young to help in catching prey, but old enough to show how well they were learning classic cheetah hunting techniques.The five cubs all joined in at various times as they practiced on each other, play fighting and taking part in frenetic chases. Adult cheetah typically stalk their prey until they're within attack range, then sprint in for the kill. While they can reach a top speed of 70 km per hour, they can only maintain this for a short distance. Once they haul in their quarry, they will trip the animal with a swipe of the front paw, before pouncing on it and grabbing it around the throat
to smother it.
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