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What do Cheetahs Eat?

Cheetahs are famously fast – and their speed and agility makes the #cats highly effective hunters. So, what do these speedsters actually eat? Cheetahs have been documented eating more than 70 different species in the #wild. However, the cats typically prefer small to medium sized prey, more specifically, animals weighing from 14 to 56 kilograms (or 30 to 123 pounds). A significant portion of their prey consists of juveniles. When calories are scarce, the cats can subsist on smaller species, like