How to pronounce “cheetah” in English

The last of the Asian cheetahs is found in Iran where there are only about 60 cheetahs.Cheetahs are an animal that don't do well in protected game reserves.So although we think of Africa as being a very large continent with lots of wildlife, they don't do well because lions and hyenas steal their food, kill their young,

Well, cheetahs are a little bit different.Cheetahs have what's called mate choice.So they'll find which male groups that they want to go mate with.

So what our task has been with that of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism and the UNDP-- the United Nations Development Program--Cheetahs are the only big cat that has nonretractable.

So what our task has been with that of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism and the UNDP-- the United Nations Development Program--Cheetahs are the only big cat that does purr.

So what our task has been with that of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism and the UNDP-- the United Nations Development Program--Cheetahs have a lifespan in captivity of about 12 to 14.

So what our task has been with that of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism and the UNDP-- the United Nations Development Program--Cheetahs are very much more social than what we would think.

Because they're basically like shoes.The cheetah legs make somebody capable of running close to a 10 second hundred.

In the last 50 years, we've lost about 16 countries where cheetahs are living.The cheetah was found in India and became extinct in the '50s, in the Middle East in the '70s.The last of the Asian cheetahs is found in Iran where there are only about 60 cheetahs.

Google had changed the world.The cheetah is changing the world as well.Now over a 40 year period of time, I thought, well, I know a lot about cheetahs.

So we learn about the animal, we do conservation, and we do a lot of education.The cheetah is an animal that is very unique.It lacks genetic diversity.

So what our task has been with that of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism and the UNDP-- the United Nations Development Program--From Cheetah Conservation Botswana to Cheetah Conservation in Kenya or ACT.

So what our task has been with that of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism and the UNDP-- the United Nations Development Program--The cheetah that I was with was hand-raised from the time he was 10 days old.

And then, he eventually progressed to the point where he would stick his head in my window that was open.And cheetahs are very docile.They're not like lions or leopards where they're going to full on attack you, so you don't have to be terrified when this happens.

However, when we have top predators, we have a healthier ecosystem with more biodiversities.And cheetahs play a very key role in this in the grassland ecosystems.With only about 10,000 cheetahs remaining in the world, what's happened to them?

Again in what their home range looks like, male cheetahs live together their whole life.Male cheetahs form what are called coalitions.They're brothers, they love each other, and then they will form a territory, or a home range, which is about 400 square miles as they get smaller.

So what our task has been with that of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism and the UNDP-- the United Nations Development Program--Putting cheetahs into the wild is, for us, the most important thing.

So what our task has been with that of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism and the UNDP-- the United Nations Development Program--And cheetahs don't breed very well in captivity.

So what our task has been with that of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism and the UNDP-- the United Nations Development Program--The cheetahs' got polka dots.

So what our task has been with that of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism and the UNDP-- the United Nations Development Program--Male cheetahs live, as I said, in coalitions.

Which of course, like, you're wearing a great shirt.Black women do like cheetah print.But then they would be like, oh, this is-- Black women love these prints.

One long, giant lung and one smaller lung.It's not a cheetah.

But that's good. I was, then, also on a Google Hangout today, which was kind of neat, talking about kind of the two polar opposites-- the polar bearsand the cheetah, both iconic species.And both-- most people don't realize how climate change is affecting animals like the cheetah.

So we have to figure out how to live and flourish with cheetahs.Everyone knows that the cheetah is the fastest land animal.And we do have a cheetah that you're going to meet here a little bit later.

And the poor, rural livestock farmers often don't take very good care of their animals.And if a cheetah or other predators catch one of the livestock, then they're oftentimes killed.So that's the issues that we're actually facing.

And that's, I think, a big thing today is that we have forgotten how to co-exist.And the cheetah doesn't live inside of a square box of a game reserve.It's made me think for about 40 years about how to save them.

What is the value of conservation?Our research in our Cheetah Conservation Fund really deals with the cheetah survival.And we're research-based conservation program.

And the diversity of our genes is very important.But the cheetah actually went through a population bottleneck about 10,000 to 12,000 years ago, leaving them very, very, very genetically the same.So there's a whole aspect of biology that we need to understand, basic biology.

So there's a whole aspect of biology that we need to understand, basic biology.So we studied the cheetah in that aspect.We also then look at how to stop farmers from catching cheetahs.

And then we go out into those areas and we understand more about how it overlaps with the farms and the farmers and where the wildlife is.And understand why the cheetah went to those dots.Our biomedical is world-renowned for the work that we do.

And we study and learn more about the cheetah and many of the other aspects of the overall health of the cheetah.Understanding the cheetah really revolves around trying to deal with large landscapes.And so as kind of Google mappers-- as I just think of your mapping program-- what does really a large landscape feel like, look like?

And so as kind of Google mappers-- as I just think of your mapping program-- what does really a large landscape feel like, look like?For a cheetah-- cheetahs cover areas of about 800 square miles.That's a couple male.

So what our task has been with that of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism and the UNDP-- the United Nations Development Program--And for every one cheetah that might make it there alive, we probably lose about five or more.

So what our task has been with that of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism and the UNDP-- the United Nations Development Program--So the cheetah cubs are captured and sold for a very low amount of money and then usually die.

But we are talking about climate change as well.And for cheetahs, it's all about living in harmony with them in Africa.So we have to figure out how to live and flourish with cheetahs.

Of course, we map it all out.We know where the cheetahs are.We primarily like to get data about every hour on the animal.

So what our task has been with that of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism and the UNDP-- the United Nations Development Program--But getting cheetahs in the wild and keeping them there is all about all these components that I talked about.

So what our task has been with that of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism and the UNDP-- the United Nations Development Program--where they bring their cheetahs to schools.

So what our task has been with that of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism and the UNDP-- the United Nations Development Program--And that's why cheetahs are still one of the few animals that can be used in educational purposes by legitimate facilities.

One long, giant lung and one smaller lung.So this is not a cheetah, though.

Everyone knows that the cheetah is the fastest land animal.And we do have a cheetah that you're going to meet here a little bit later.But just to talk about it.

But they're the most specialized of all the 37 species of cats.So we'll talk more about the cheetah when it comes out a little bit later.But we'll talk a little bit about, you know, being an icon of speed.

You say, "go find" and the dog goes off with a collar on it that also maps where it's going, that we can download and figure outhow far it takes for the cheetah to go tracking.And they have quite a good sense of scent.

So this picture is three.And there's another different cheetah up there.And this is one of the master's projects-- one of our master's students from Namibia who's actually looking at identifying and comparing

So what our task has been with that of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism and the UNDP-- the United Nations Development Program--So you cannot have a cheetah or other predators without having prey.

So what our task has been with that of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism and the UNDP-- the United Nations Development Program--It's called "A Future for Cheetahs" because saving the cheetah really means changing the world.

So what our task has been with that of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism and the UNDP-- the United Nations Development Program--Is this like an orphaned cheetah like at our place?

anywhere from a few days, to a few weeks, to few months.And in the case of cheetahs, 18 months.So a lot of my time goes to spending long hours with my subjects, and really creating in-depth work

And predators and prey play a very key role living together.And we always talk about cheetahs as being a very important part of ecosystems.Ecosystems keep us all alive.

And cheetahs play a very key role in this in the grassland ecosystems.With only about 10,000 cheetahs remaining in the world, what's happened to them?We've lost 90% of our cheetahs in the last 100 years.