Check out this update on the two 4-week-old cheetah cubs who made history as the first cheetah cubs born through in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer into a surrogate mother. This history-making breakthrough is in partnership with the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) and Fossil Rim Wildlife Center. These efforts were also a part of a breeding recommendation from The Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ (AZA) Species Survival Plan® (SSP) and the Cheetah Sus

During the first few months of their lives, #cheetah cubs are very vulnerable to predators. In fact, the #cats spend their first six to eight weeks being moved between secluded dens by their mother, to reduce their risk of being detected by prowling predators. However, cheetah cubs do have a natural defense - a beneficial disguise. Young cubs have a thick, silvery-grey strip of fur along their backs known as a mantle. The signature coiffure is actually a mimicry defense, offering the cubs camouf

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