Derek and Beverly Jouberet are leading the Big Cat Initiative, which is a “comprehensive program that supports on-the-ground conservation projects, education, and economic incentive efforts and a global public-awareness campaign” in Botswana Africa.
Learn About Four Simple Ways You Can Help Big Cats Today – CLICK HERE
Big Cats Facts
(Found on National Geographic’s Website)
-The cheetah is the world’s fastest land mammal. It can run at speeds of up to 70 miles an hour (113 kilometers an hour).
-An adult lion’s roar can be heard up to five miles (eight kilometers) away.
-Long, muscular hind legs enable snow leopards to leap seven times their own body length in a single bound.
-A tiger’s stripes are like fingerprints—no two animals have the same pattern.
-The strongest climber among the big cats, a leopard can carry prey twice its weight up a tree.
-The Amur leopard is one of the most endangered animals in the world.
-In one stride, a cheetah can cover 23 to 26 feet (7 to 8 meters).
-The name “jaguar” comes from a Native American word meaning “he who kills with one leap.”
-In the wild, lions live for an average of 12 years and up to 16 years. They live up to 25 years in captivity.
-The mountain lion and the cheetah share an ancestor.
-Cheetahs do not roar, as the other big cats do. Instead, they purr.
-Tigers are excellent swimmers and do not avoid water.
-A female Amur leopard gives birth to one to four cubs in each litter.
-Fossil records from two million years ago show evidence of jaguars.
-Lions are the only cats that live in groups, called prides. Every female within the pride is usually related.
-The leopard is the most widespread of all big cats.
-Mountain lions are strong jumpers, thanks to muscular hind legs that are longer than their front legs.
-Tigers have been hunted for their skin, bones, and other body parts, used in traditional Chinese medicine.
-Unlike other cats, lions have a tuft of hair at the end of their tails.
-After humans, mountain lions have the largest range of any mammal in the Western Hemisphere.
