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Cheetahs are active mainly during the day, [65] whereas other carnivores such as leopards and lions are active mainly at night; [70] [102] These larger carnivores can kill cheetahs and steal their kills; [58] hence, the diurnal tendency of cheetahs helps them avoid larger predators in areas where they are sympatric, such as the Okavango Delta ...
“Lions and leopards normally kill prey themselves, but if they come across a cheetah’s kill, they will try to take it," said Bettina Wachter, a behavioral biologist who leads the Cheetah ...
Lions tend to dominate cheetahs and leopards, steal their kills and kill their cubs and even adults when given the chance. [149] Cheetahs often lose their kills to lions or other predators. [150] A study in the Serengeti ecosystem revealed that lions killed at least 17 of 125 cheetah cubs born between 1987 and 1990. [151]
Cheetahs are threatened and outranked by larger predators in their area, as they are known to be unable to defend themselves against these predators. In the Serengeti ecosystem, they are highly threatened by East African lions, [26] [27] as they can kill cheetahs, cause high-rate cheetah cub mortality, also steal their food.
In actuality, the impala was used by a cheetah mother to teach her cubs how to hunt prey. The baby cheetahs, however, were more preoccupied with playing with the impala.
An average male lion can get up to 550 pounds (about 225 kilograms), according to the Sacramento Zoo in California. Females, who do the bulk of the hunting, are no slouches either.
Like other subspecies, they are threatened and outranked by larger predators in their area, such as lions, [13] leopards, spotted hyenas and wild dogs, as they can kill cheetahs and steal their carcasses. The cheetahs would surrender their meals to spotted and striped hyenas. Cheetahs are known to be unable to defend themselves against these ...
They are threatened by lions, leopards, painted dogs,and hyenas as they can steal their carcasses and kill them if given the chance. The cheetahs surrender their meals to spotted hyenas. However, coalitions of male adult cheetahs can chase predators away, and a single cheetah can chase jackals and lone wild dogs away. [43]