CHEETAH
Did you know that the cheetah is the
fastest animal in the world? When cheetahs are about to run their claws dig into the ground like
cleats. It helps the cheetah build up its speed to catch its prey.
An adult cheetahs fur could be
yellow or a tan colored coat of fur. The adult cheetah may have solid round
spots or oval black spots. They have black tear marks from the eyes to the
mouth. They have orange eyes. Their paws are almost dog like! The cheetah has a
long body and long legs. Cheetahs have claws that stick out all the time. Other
cat's claws don't always stick out. Cheetahs have long tails because it will
help them make accurate turns. Male cheetahs are up to 7 feet long and female
cheetahs are slightly smaller. People call the cheetah the most elegant cat of
all.
Cheetahs are mainly found in
Sub-Saharan Africa and found in partly open savannas. Some cheetahs live in
south eastern Asia and some parts of India, Iran and Afghanistan. Things that
cheetahs like to have around them are tall grass, bushes, and large plants.
They like to live in a sub- dessert. Cheetahs don't like to live in forests or
jungles because trees would stop them from using their speed.
Cheetahs are carnivores. They eat
some small animals. Most cheetahs hunt in the morning or late afternoon.
Cheetahs get their food by first scanning the countryside from a tree limb or
on top of a termite mound. Cheetahs use their sense of smell not their eyesight
to catch their food. Some food that cheetahs eat is small antelope, impalas and
gazelles. Some larger animals that cheetahs eat are warthogs, oryx, rabbits and
birds. Cheetahs mainly eat antelope and Cheetah's favorite foods are gazelles.
When cheetahs eat they have to eat fast because animals like lions, leopards,
vultures and jackals may sometimes take away its kill. When cheetahs find a
kill it won't sneak up on it they will chase after it. When its prey is caught
the cheetah would bite its neck so the animal would die instantly.
Cheetahs have a lot of enemies. Some of their enemies are lions, leopards,
hyenas, vultures and also jackals and some wild dogs. There are some human ones
to like poachers and hunters.
Cheetah cubs are very beautiful.
When they are first born they have silky gray hair also with long wooly hair.
Their silky gray hair lasts about 4 months. When cubs are born they are born
blind but then their eyesight becomes even better than before. When the cubs
are at the age of 3 months they don't drink milk anymore. Sometimes when female
cheetahs are going to have cubs 4 to 6 cubs are born. Female cheetahs only
raise their cubs for about a year!
Cheetahs can be friendly and playful but when
it is hunting season they become very serious. Cheetahs have perfect eyesight.
Did you know that the fastest a cheetah can go is 110 miles per hour and a
cheetah could build speeds up to 45 miles per hour from a standing start! Most
racecars can't do that. Some sounds that a cheetah can make are purrs, barks,
growls and hisses and chirps but they do not roar.
Cheetahs are endangered because they
are losing a lot of their habitat. Some poachers are breaking hunting laws and
some Africa farmers kill cheetahs. People want skins for their cloths. There
are a lot of people coming and a lot of cheetahs dying. Some hunters capture
cheetahs for zoos!
Cheetahs are very interesting
animals. The name cheetahs comes from an Indian word meaning spotted one. When
cheetahs are running it looks like they are flying but when cheetah's run their
feet are mostly in the air. When cheetahs live in the wild they only live up to
8 years of age but when they live in the zoo they live up to 10 years of
age!
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§ Generic
Structure of Report Text :
ü General
Clasification : “Did you
know that the cheetah is the fastest animal in the world? When cheetahs are
about to run their claws dig into the ground like cleats...”
ü Description :
“An adult cheetahs fur could be yellow or a tan colored coat of fur...”
§ Language Characteristics :
ü Use
of general nouns, that is, an object (be it alive or dead) of a general
nature.
“Did you know
that the cheetah is the fastest animal in the world?”
ü Use
of Relating verbs to describe features.
“Cheetahs are
carnivores”
ü Use of
action verbs.
“When
cheetahs are about to run their claws dig into the ground like cleats.”
ü Use
of timeless present tense to indicate usualness.
“Other cat's
claws don't always stick out.”
ü Use of
technical terms
“Some sounds
that a Cheetah can make are purrs, barks, growls, hisses and chirps
but they do not roar.”
