What are the social interactions of the cheetah?
Cheetahs have a unique, well-structured social order. Females live alone except when they are raising cubs. The female raises the cubs on her own. The first 18 months of a cub’s life are important-cubs learn many lessons because survival depends on knowing how to hunt wild prey species and avoiding other predators such as leopards, lions, hyenas, and baboons. At 18 months the mother leaves the cubs, who will then form a sibling group, which will stay together for another 6 months. At about 2 years, the female siblings leave the group; the young males remain together for life. Males live alone or in coalitions made up of brothers from the same litter. Some coalitions maintain territories in order to find females with which to mate. Territories are often located in areas where there is a rich supply of wild game and/or water. Fierce fights between male coalitions, resulting in serious injury or death, can occur when defending territories.
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