CUTE CUBS: Seven cheetah cubs were born at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute on July 9. Newly released video shows the "large and healthy litter of cubs" playing. | CBS Evening News

35K views · 1.2K reactions |  When cheetah cubs make the transition to eating meat, they start growing much faster. Adults weigh between 75 and 140 pounds. #WeSaveSpecies | Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute | Facebook

Watch: Adorable cheetah cubs playfully jump around their mom. | National Geographic

Yesterday, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute celebrated their cheetah cubs’ first birthdays! On April 8, 2020, female cheetah Echo gave birth to four healthy cubs. The birth was livestreamed on the Zoo’s website. Cheetah Biologist Adrienne Croiser said of the past year, “I hope you learned a lot about cheetahs along the way. Cheetahs face a lot of challenges in the wild, but I think that the more people can connect with and come to understand animals in a personal way

1.4K views · 761 reactions | The R cubs are growing up so quickly! 女...

32K views · 4.2K reactions | #Caturday update! Dave, Adrienne, and puppy Campbell are growing up fast. Watch this video to learn the latest about the first cheetah cubs born via in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer into a surrogate mother! | Columbus Zoo and Aquarium | Facebook

A cheetah cub enters the world fragile and unsure, its spotted coat blending softly into the grass as its first form of protection. At this stage, speed does not matter yet. Learning does. Each day, the cub watches closely. How the mother listens before moving. How she scans the horizon. How she waits. The cub copies her steps, stumbles, gets back up, and tries again. Play becomes practice. Short sprints turn into lessons of balance, focus, and timing. Fear is always present, but so is curiosity