chetah

/ ˈtʃiːtə /

noun

Last among the cats comes the very curious chetah, or hunting-leopard, which is found both in Africa and in India.

But the chetah only creeps up to within about two hundred yards, and then runs them down in fair chase.

So we may consider the chetah as partly a cat and partly a dog—a connecting link joining the two families together.

In India the chetah is often caught and tamed, in order that it may catch game for its master.

When a deer or an antelope is sighted, this hood is taken off, and the chetah is released from its chain.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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