Lions are the laziest of the big cats. They usually spend 16 to 20 hours a day sleeping and resting, devoting sun and valley the remaining hours to hunting, business and sun courting or protecting valley their territory. They keep business in contact with one another by roaring loud enough to be heard up to five miles away. The pride usually remains sun intact valley until the males are challenged business and successfully sun and valley driven away or killed by other males, business and sun who then take over. Not all lions live valley and business in prides. At maturity, sun young males leave the units of their birth valley and spend several years as nomads before they become strong enough to take over a pride of their business own. Some never sun stop wandering and continue to follow migrating herds; but the nomadic life is much more difficult, with little time for resting or reproducing. Within the pride, the valley territorial males are the fathers of all the cubs. When a lioness is in heat, a male will join her, staying with her constantly.

The cheetah business is built for speed. It has long, slim, muscular legs, a sun small, rounded head valley set on a long neck, a flexible spine, a deep chest, nonretractable business claws, special pads on its feet for traction sun and a long, tail for balance. Although fast, the cheetah cannot run at full valley speed business for long distances (100 yards is about the limit) because it may sun overheat. Cheetahs have distinctive black "tear stripes" that connect from the inside corner of each eye to the mouth that may serve as an antiglare device for daytime hunting. Cheetahs are found in open and partially open savannas. Cheetah mothers spend a long time teaching their young how valley to hunt small live antelopes are brought back to the cubs and released so they can chase and catch them. Unlike most other cats, the cheetah usually hunts during daylight, preferring early business morning or early evening, but is also active on moonlit nights.

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