Asiatic cheetahs and genetic bottlenecks
This cheetah and her kitten were shot in southwestern Iraq in 1925. The hunter is a Bedouin of the Shammar tribe, which once ruled a huge portion of Arabia and a smaller portion of Iraq. When I was...
View ArticleRare Saharan cheetah photographed
From LiveScience: An elusive Saharan cheetah recently came into the spotlight in Niger, Africa, where a hidden camera snapped photos of the ghostly cat, whose pale coat and emaciated appearance...
View ArticleNow the Feliformia
Source. Also check out the Caniformia video to see how the whole order Carnivora evolved from common ancestors that looked like genets or genet/fox hybrids. He mislabels a few species- snow leopards,...
View ArticleCoursing with cheetahs in India, 1939
Source. I have embedded this video before, but I have not provided a good analysis of it. These cheetahs were captured as adults and then socialized to people– something that is almost impossible to...
View ArticleDid Cheetah die at the age of 80?
A few days ago, I received this news in my inbox: The chimp who played “Cheetah” in the Tarzan movies died on Christmas Eve at the age of 80. I didn’t cover it for one really big reason. I’ve never...
View ArticleSpotless cheetah spotted
Spotless cheetah. From The Guardian: A rare ‘spotless’ cheetah has been photographed in Kenya by wildlife photographer Guy Combes, who got within around 50m of the big cat. Combes, originally from...
View ArticleCheetah and dog play in the snow at the Cincinnati Zoo
Source. This is my favorite zoo, BTW.
View ArticleThe origins of the “turning jackal”
As I noted in an earlier post, I am skeptical that the extinct North American “cheetahs” are the root cause of the pronghorn’s speed. I am not alone in this skepticism, but my skepticism is rooted in...
View ArticleThe jackals and the cheetah and a glimpse of how dog domestication may have...
We think of interactions between predators as always antagonistic. Meat is hard to come by, and if one comes by meat on the hoof, it is unlikely that the owner-operator of said flesh will give it up...
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