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The cheetah is the fastest land mammal on the planet, reaching top speeds of 90 - 112 kph (60 - 70 mph).

Heck, if I saw a cheetah at full tilt, I'd savor the moment and not even worry about taking photos!

But their blinding speed is not the main reason it's hard to get good cheetah pictures.

The harsh reality is that these sleek cats, once widespread through Africa, Asia, and India, are now perilously endangered, so you don't get to see them very often.

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Cheetah Picture Captions
Row 1:
1.Cheetah on the hunt, Tuli Block, Botswana
2.Cheetah sensing danger, Tuli Block, Botswana
3.Cheetah in thick green vegetation, Tuli Block, Botswana

Row 2:
1.Cheetah lying in short grass, Tuli Block, Botswana
2.Cheetah at rest under small bush, Tuli Block, Botswana
3.Cheetah walking in green grass, Sabi Sands, South Africa

Row 3:
1.Two young cheetah ready to play, Endangered Species Centre, S.Africa
2.Trio of cheetah on impala kill, Kruger Park, South Africa
3.Cheetah watch as hyena approach, Kruger Park, South Africa

Row 4:
1.Cheetah walking in green grass, Sabi Sands, South Africa
2.Cheetah on impala kill, Mashatu Game Reserve, Botswana
3.Cheetah grooming, Mashatu Game Reserve, Botswana

Row 5:
1.Cheetah profile, Endangered Species Centre, S.Africa
2.King Cheetah, Endangered Species Centre, S.Africa
3.Cheetah looking at camera, Endangered Species Centre, S.Africa

Row 6:
1.Cheetah close-up, Mashatu Game Reserve, Botswana
2.Young cheetah standing, Mashatu Game Reserve, Botswana
3.Cheetah on its haunches, Mashatu Game Reserve, Botswana

Row 7:
1.Young cheetah peering around tree trunk, Endangered Species Centre, S.Africa
2.Close-up of cheetah in dappled shade, Endangered Species Centre, S.Africa
3.Portrait of "King" cheetah, Endangered Species Centre, S.Africa

    Numbers Make the Difference
In South Africa's huge Kruger National Park, there are about 10,000 elephant and 25,000 buffalo. Lions? About 2,000. Leopards? A thousand. But there are only 200 cheetah.

Unlike most other cats, cheetah do hunt by day, which improves chances of spotting them when on safari. The terrain is also important and your opportunity of photographing cheetah will be better in flat, open savanna than in hilly or forested areas.

The plains of the Serengeti and Masai Mara provide good hunting grounds for cheetah, while the shorter grass makes it easier for tourists to find and view these graceful, elegant cats.

If you're lucky enough to go on safari in Tanzania or Kenya, look out for that perfect picture opportunity - a cheetah on its haunches on a termite mound, scanning the open plains of the Serengeti or Mara for potential prey.

Rare Wildlife Moment
In a number of visits to Kruger, I've only seen cheetah twice, once in the distance and once close to the side of the road. In the latter case, we thought we'd hit one of those rare wildlife moments - three cheetah nearby, starting to feed on an impala they'd killed, and only one other vehicle on the scene.

But the opportunity - to watch and take pictures - was over in a flash as a pack of spotted hyena arrived, chasing away the cheetah. See Cheetah & Hyena Confrontation for story and pictures of this.

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