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| Also, I show you a maxicard from Venda (no, not a vendor) with a CHEETAH (Acinonyx jubatus) that goes up a tree (a little bit) to increase its SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. |
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| A king cheetah showing its distinctive coat pattern |
""Racing Stripes"
The King Cheetah has a recessive fur pattern mutation. First discovered in Zimbabwe in 1926, this very rare animal has been seen in the wild only 6 times.
About 10K years ago, the population of cheetahs plummeted, perhaps to a single pregnant female worldwide.[MY NOTE: how the hell heaven do you know? :) ]
Modern cheetahs are so genetically similar as to be virtual clones, making this novel coat pattern all the more interesting.
Photo by: Steve Jurvetson
The cheetah is the only extant member of the genus Acinonyx, most notable for modifications in the species' paws.
As such, it is the only felid with non-retractable claws and pads that, by their scope, disallow gripping (therefore cheetah cannot climb vertical trees, although they are generally capable of reaching easily accessible branches). The cheetah, however, achieves by far the fastest land speed of any living animal—between 112 and 120 km/h (70 and 75 mph)[3][4] in short bursts covering distances up to 500 m (1,600 ft), and has the ability to accelerate from 0 to over 100 km/h (62 mph) in three seconds.[5]"
You can see heart shapes if you visually GROOM his coat long enough, or you can consider the head outline.
Or, in my maxicard, you can swallow accept my explanation that a heart shape is visible between his front legs and the "small", distant tree. :)
Beautiful cat and cute hearts . Thanks for sharing !
ReplyDeleteWishing you a wonderful weekend !
Hah! I see the heart you found, but you MISSED one ... that being the one directly under the cheetah, a scar on the branch upon which he is standing!!! (Time to up that situational awareness???) :=}
ReplyDeleteP.S. I had to laugh at your finding Jabba the Hutt in Pamela's tree. That was one I missed!!! (Oops time to up MY situational awareness!!!)