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Check Out the Cheetah

  • June 10, 2012
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

The cheetah, the world’s fastest land animal, can accelerate to 70 mph in three seconds — faster than a sports car! Unlike most cats, they can’t retract their claws. Females live alone unless they’re raising cubs, while males live in groups of two or three, usually brothers.

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