The cheetah sneaks to a distance of 10 to 30 meters, and then hunts the prey. When hunting, the top speed can reach 120 km, with one foot on the ground, but it can only run for 3 minutes at most. If the physiological structure exceeds time, cheetahs must slow down, otherwise they will die of overheating.
The fastest speed of a tiger is only 80 kilometers per hour.
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Cheetahs can usually catch prey within 1 minute. If the cheetah fails to hunt, it is a waste of energy. It is roughly estimated that only 1 hunting will be successful. After a cheetah catches its prey, it can continue to bite its neck with its mouth until it dies, during which it breathes heavily through its nose. However, the cheetah's physical condition is weak after running at full speed, and it takes dozens of minutes to recover.
Therefore, it is even more impossible to meet the enemy African jackal and can only give up its prey; But there was also an extreme case where a cheetah risked his life to drive away an African jackal after hunting. If a cheetah fails to hunt five times in a row or its prey is taken away, it may starve to death because it has no strength to hunt any more.