Jaguar, Leopard and Cheetah - their funny behaviours

Thanks for all your comments and compliments in my previous post titled Big Cats - A Jaguar, a Cheetah or a Leopard !! especially from bloggers like Erika, spawnskies and  M-Knight.  Indeed I really hope that these infos could help any of you...just in case someone ask you regarding on it.

Previously I have discussed on the geographical distribution and physical apperances of Leopard, Jaguar and Cheetah....but how about their Hunting and Feeding Behaviours.

LEOPARD

 

Leopards are the cleverest among the three big cats.

They kill their prey by a suffocating bite.

  

I AM CLEVEREST

It is the only big cat known to carry its prey up into a tree; which sometimes up to 3 times their own weight where it will be safe from competing predators such as hyenas or lions; or often hide their kills in dense vegetation.

 JAGUAR

Jaguar is the strongest among the three big cats, with a much broader forehead and wider jaw.

I AM STRONGEST

They kill their prey by crushing the spinal column. Jaguar has the strongest bite-force of any member of CAT family – even stronger than lions and tiger.


CHEETAH

Cheetah’s body is thin and lanky. They are the only cats without fully retractable claws which enables them to have a better traction in running. All these features enable a cheetah to be the fastest land animal ( 112 – 120 km/h); but they can only maintain high speed for a short period of time.

I AM FASTEST

They kill their prey by tripping it during the chase, then biting it on the underside of throat to suffocate it. They are not strong enough to break but can only puncture a vital artery in the necks of the four-legged prey it mainly hunt.

Upon catching the prey, a cheetah must rest for a while before eating (due to the high speed running to replenish oxygen to the brain); thus they find it difficult to keep it’s prey to be taken by hyenas or lions; whereby can just simply walk and take it’s prey without any resistance at all from the cheetah.

Anyway, I just found out that the fastest land animal is not CHEETAH....

                                                                 see for yourself! you'll be amazed!