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The worlds fastest Land creature The African cheetah sprints for survival, this cate- gory of sprinting is a speed for a kill shot. With predator instincts The African cheetah runs at 70mph(or 70kph), which is as fast as a car driven on the highway. The cheetah can reach its top speed in just 3seconds, magnificent right? After a gestation of 3months, cheetah cubs are born blind and helpless, the females will hide them away for 2 or 3 weeks in their dens. They depend on their sight to pinpoint, stalk and chase prey. During a typical kill, a cheetah uses its forefeet to knock the running prey off balance then jaw tightly on its neck for strangulation. The dead is invariably dragged into cover where the cheetah will feed. Females will call their cubs to the kill a with birdlike chirrup. The southern African cheetah lives mainly in the lowland areas and deserts of the Kalahari, the sa- vannah of Okavango delta , and the grasslands of the Transvaal region in south Africa. The Na- mibia, cheetahs are mostly found on farmlands By nathab