Cheetahs can build up enough speed to run forty-five miles per hour in just two seconds. Cheetahs are also great hunters. Many cats creep up slowly to their prey. When there is tall grass they stalk their prey. Their coat color hides them well.
Cheetahs do most of their hunting by sight.
They will climb on top of trees or climb on termite mounds. Their favorite food are ostriches, bores, lizards, and hogs. They may even eat bird eggs or fruit. Even though cheetahs are great hunters and are very fast they don't always get their prey, because they get tired running very quickly. If they can't catch their prey within a hundred feet they get up and go find their favorite fruit called tsama which is a melon.