A Young Cheetah Hunting his First Lunch himself

A Young Cheetah Hunting his First Lunch himself
THE HUNTING LIFE for a young cheetah begins early and involves much more than developing the incredible sprints—up to 60 miles per hour—for which the cat is famous. Almost as soon as they can walk, cheetah cubs race around, slap and knock each other down, and stalk and nip their siblings. Yet whether they develop these skills and grow up to be successful killing machines hinges on their subsequent education—a phase of the cat’s life that until recently was a mystery to scientists.

"For some time, we marveled at the cheetah’s speed records and swift turns as it pursues a quarry," says Tim Caro, a wildlife biologist at the University of California–Davis who studied the predators in Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park for more than two decades. "But we took the way in which it learns such skills for granted." Today, thanks to researchers such as Caro—aided by the species’ unusual diurnal hunting habits—scientists know more about how a young cheetah learns to hunt than they do about this stage of life in any other big cat.

Even before a cheetah cub enrolls in Hunting 101, it must learn what to eat. This means mom—which like all cats is solely responsible for cub rearing—must educate her offspring’s palate. Cubs leave their lair for the first time at about eight weeks old, and within days they are introduced to solid food. The pint-sized predators do not instantly chow down on gazelle haunch, though. After a mother makes a kill, she calls in her cubs with a high pitched char—often repeatedly, Caro observes, as the cubs initially are far from enthusiastic about the meal.
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