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Africa's Elusive Big Five: The Animals Guides Most Want to Spot

Adventure Collection | Posted 04.26.2013 | Travel
Read More: Maasai Mara, Lion, Zambia, Aardvark, Leleshwa Camp, Great Rift Valley, Ethiopia, African Safaris, Elephant, South Africa, Wild Dog, Trips to Africa, Rhinoceros, Tanzania, Kalahari Desert, Black-Footed Cat, Jaguar, Zimbabwe, Africa, Malawi, Adventure Collection, Leopard, Panther, Big Five, Pangolin, Cougar, Botswana, Namibia, Serengeti, Kenya, Cape Buffalo, Chobe National Park, Cheetah, Icun, Travel News
Adventure Collection

If you've ever dreamed of going on an African safari, you've heard of the "Big Five": the Cape buffalo, elephant, leopard, lion and rhinoceros. We asked five top guides for the animal that they would most like to spot in the wild. Here is their Elusive Big Five list.

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Finding the Last Cheetahs of Iran

Luke Hunter | Posted 01.07.2013 | Green
Read More: Cheetah, Dr Hunter, Dr Luke Hunter, Panthera, Nature, Conservation, Cat, Iran, Iranian Cheetah, Wild Cat, Luke Hunter, Wildlife, Asiatic Cheetah, Green News
Luke Hunter

My hope is that National Geographic's wonderful photographs bring the predicament of this critically endangered cat to a new audience who, like most Iranians a decade ago, had never heard of the cheetah's existence in the country.

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PHOTOS: Southern Africa's Desert Rose

Mark Sissons | Posted 10.07.2012 | Travel
Read More: Cheetah, Sossusvlei, Desert Adapted Elephants, Namib Desert, Windhoek, Africa, Poaching, Slideexpand, NamibRand Nature Reserve, Leopard, Wildlife Conservation, Dunes, Namibia, Travel Blogs, Okonjima, Wolwedans, Africat, Etosha, Endangered Species, Black Rhino, Travel News
Mark Sissons

On a continent where nature is demarcated by fences and reserves, often turning locals into trespassers and in some cases, poachers on their own ancestral lands, Namibia's conservancy program is rare conservation success story.

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Committing to the Future: For Cheetahs and Everyone Else, Too

Dr. Laurie Marker | Posted 11.27.2012 | Impact
Read More: Biomass, Biomass Energy, Africa, Thornbush, Conservation, Sustainable Energy, Endangered Species, Cheetahs, Wildlife, Cheetah, Clinton Global Initiative, Cgi, Impactx, Cheetah Conservation, Impact News
Dr. Laurie Marker

The purpose of the Clinton Global Initiative is to help commitment makers like myself connect with potential partners and resources to make these big ideas into reality. Our goal is to create large landscapes that are healthy places for people, livestock and predators and prey.

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How Would Usain Bolt Fare Against 'Olympian' Animals?

Posted 07.30.2012 | Science
Read More: Cheetah, Video, Usain Bolt vs. Cheetah, Olympics Usain Bolt, 2012 Olympics Usain Bolt, Olympics 2012, Usain Bolt, Olympic Games, Fastest Animal, Bolt Cheetah, 2012 Olympics, Science News

By: Jeanna Bryner, LiveScience Managing Editor Published: 07/30/2012 09:16 AM EDT on LiveScience The Summer Olympic Games have begun with mostly...

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Cheetahs Without Borders

Dr. Laurie Marker | Posted 09.01.2012 | Green
Read More: Cheetah, Kruger National Park, Endangered Species, Namibia, Africa, Serengeti, Asiatic Cheetah, Green News
Dr. Laurie Marker

Opening up large landscapes between countries, with less fencing and more grassland would allow cheetahs and other wildlife from different countries to connect, breed, and increase their numbers in the wild.

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Why Helping People Is Key to Saving the Endangered Cheetah

Dr. Laurie Marker | Posted 07.02.2012 | Impact
Read More: Cheetah, Turkish Anatolian Shepherd, Endangered Species, Livestock, Africa Wildlife, Cheetahs, Namibia, Cheetah Conservation, Impact News
Dr. Laurie Marker

If the cheetah loses its race for survival, the American Prong-horn Antelope will become the fastest land mammal, and all those textbooks naming the cheetah as the fastest land animal will need to be changed.

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WATCH: Cheetah And Puppy Are BFFs

Posted 04.19.2012 | Miami
Read More: Cheetah, Florida News, Labrador Retriever Mtani, Funny Dogs, Slideexpand, Animals, Cheetah and Puppy, Video, Mtani, Busch Gardens, Kasi Mtani, Cheetah and Puppy Best Friends, Puppy, Kasi and Mtani, Kasi, Cheetahs, Cheetah and Puppy Friends, Busch Gardens Cheetah, Cheetah and Dog Busch Gardens, Busch Gardens Kasi and Mtani, Miami News

Last March, Busch Gardens in Tampa received a 3-week-old orphaned male cheetah, which required around-the-clock care as a furry newborn. And becau...

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PHOTO: Baby Cheetah On A Plane!

Posted 03.13.2012 | Travel
Read More: Cheetah, Cute Cheetah Cub, Cheetah Cub, Animals, Cute Animals, Animals on Planes, Cheetah Cub on a Plane, Travel News

Last week it was penguins on a plane, now it's cheetahs. There really are no words to describe this cuteness. This little guy (or gal) was spotted...

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To See the Animals: Our Safari to Tanzania, Part 3

Ken White | Posted 05.09.2012 | San Francisco
Read More: Cheetah, Lion, Elephants, Africa, African Animals, Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA, Evolution, Tanzania, Hippo, Safari, Phs-Spca, San Francisco News
Ken White

Everywhere I turn, I am struck by strong and conflicting realities: the beauty of being here, and the fact that it is my own species' presence which has put this all at such risk.

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WATCH: Robotic Cheetah Breaks Land Speed Record

Posted 03.07.2012 | Science
Read More: Cheetah, Running Robot, Video, Robo-Cheetah, Weird Science, Boston Dynamics, Boston Dynamics Cheetah, Robotics, Battlefield Robots, Darpa, Speed Record, Robot, Science News

By: InnovationNewsDaily Staff Published: 03/05/2012 05:37 PM EST on InnovationNewsDaily A cheetah robot funded by the U.S. military has broken t...

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PHOTOS: Biggest, Fastest, Deadliest: World's Most Extreme Animals

Posted 03.04.2012 | Science
Read More: Coconut Crab, Cheetah, Animal Pictures, Video, Peregrine Falcon, Amazing Animals, Predator Animals, Extreme Animals, Giant Tortoise, Blue Whale, Rhinoceros Beetle, Etruscan Shrew, Slidewide, Sea Wasp, Animal Kingdom, Science News

Among animals, the blue whale is the biggest and the cheetah is the fastest runner— most of us have known this since grade school. But many of the e...

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Cheeta Is Alive and Well and Living in Palm Springs

John Hood | Posted 02.29.2012 | Celebrity
Read More: Johnny Weissmuller, Cheetah, John Hood, Tarzan, Diane Weissmuller, Cheeta, Celebrity News
John Hood

"It will always remain a mystery... but our Cheeta is now the ambassador for all the chimps that ever played Cheeta, and we'll continue on that path no matter how the press wants to spin it."

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Chimpanzee Sidekick From 1930s Tarzan Flicks Dies

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 02.27.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Cheetah, Johnny Weissmuller, Video, Tarzan, Tarzan Movies, Suncoast Primate Sanctuary, Cheetah the Chimpanzee, Cheetah the Chimp, Entertainment News

PALM HARBOR, Fla. -- A Florida animal sanctuary says Cheetah the chimpanzee sidekick in the Tarzan movies of the early 1930s has died at age 80. Th...

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A Lucky Cheetah And A Lot Of Land

Jim Calio | Posted 01.31.2012 | Travel
Read More: Eastern Cape, Cheetah, South Africa, Africa, Game, Game Reserve, Samara, Sarah Tompkins, Sibella, Video, Travel News
Jim Calio

Dozens of species of animals have already been reintroduced to Samara, including white rhino and various antelope, from swishy-tailed Gemsbok to tiny duiker.

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Africa Under My Skin

Jim Calio | Posted 12.06.2011 | Travel
Read More: Cheetah, Eastern Cape, South Africa, Nelson Mandela, Bungee Jumping, Zipline, Garden Route, Samara, Big Seven. Xhosa, Travel News
Jim Calio

What's really terrific about Africa is the land. It's vast, it's beautiful and it extends forever.

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The Week's Best In Animals -- Cheetah Cubs, Lemurs, And Orangutans

Posted 09.16.2011 | Green
Read More: Bear Cub, Cheetah, Animal Pictures, Lemur, Animal Photos, Animal Photos of the Week, Cute Animal Photos, Green News

This past week was a big one for animals in the news. 16 Dalmatian puppies were born. Threatened snow leopards were spotted in Afghanistan. "C...

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Cheetah Shocks Onlookers Roaming Streets Near Dubai

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Animals, United Arab Emirates, Dubai, Sharjah, Cheetah, City Cheetah, Missing Cheetah, Cheetah Dubai, Dubai Cheetah, Sharjah Cheetah, Cheetah Sharjah, Green News

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Who's missing a cheetah? That's what authorities in the United Arab Emirates are asking Wednesday after one of th...

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Safari Part V: The Queen of Sheba

Lauren Scott | Posted 05.25.2011 | Travel
Read More: Cheetah, Luxury Travel, Safari, Sundown, Kenya, Travel News
Lauren Scott

From Lemarti's, the next stop was Sirikoi, set on the now famous (thank you Prince William) Lewa Downs. I have to write a disclaimer here because I a...

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Pretty Inane Things: Interview with Solid Gold's Matt Locher

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Cheetah, Solid Gold Dancers, Spaceland, Bible Thumper, Psych, Sxsw, Mcdonalds, Golden Girls, Top 40, Marilyn Mccoo, Across the Universe, Matt Locher, The Beatles, Funk, Kenny Loggins, Keyboards, Solid Gold, Sade, Entertainment News
Jon Chattman

With sincere apologies to Marilyn McCoo, Solid Gold is not just synonymous with an afro-infused flashy top 40 countdown dance show anymore.

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Usain Bolt, World's Fastest Man, Adopts World Fastest Feline

AP | TOM ODULA | Posted 05.25.2011 | Sports
Read More: Raila Odinga, Kenyan Conservation, Puma, Kenya, Colin Jackson, Usain Bolt, Kenya Wildlife Service, Julian Kipngetich, World Record Holder, Usain Bolt Adopts Cheetah, Jamaican Sprinter, Jochen Zeitz, Lightning Bolt, Cheetah, Sports News

NAIROBI, Kenya — The world's fastest man adopted the animal kingdom's fastest sprinter Monday, as Usain Bolt welcomed a new baby cheetah named L...

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Cheetah 'Fingerprints' Used As New Identity Technique

BBC | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Cheetah Fingerprints, Animals, Cheetahs, Cheetah, Green News

Conservationists have developed a new technique to identify cheetahs in the wild from just their paw prints. The technique works in a similar way t...

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Cheetah Cubs With Mother (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Slideshow, Cheetah Cubs, Cute Animals, Animals, Cheetahs, Cheetah, Green News

Wednesday these adorable cheetah cubs posed for some photos with their mother at the Basel zoo in Switzerland. Check out these great shots. Get Hu...

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This Week in Animals: Giant Squid, Baby Giraffes, Newborn Chinese Alligators And More! (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Cheetah, Slidepoll, Giant Panda Tai Shan, Giraffe, Panda, Green, Green Living, Goats, Baby Animals, Animals, Penguins, Giant-Panda-Tai-Shan, Crocodile, Squirrel, Giant Squid, Ducklings, Newborn Animals, Ducklings-Saved, Dog-Fashion, Slideshow, Cute Animals, Gay Penguins, This Week in Animals, Cute Animal Videos, This-Week-in-Animals, Green News

HuffPost Green celebrated yet another thrilling week of animal stories. Check out some photos, watch some exciting videos, and vote on your favorite! ...

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To be spotted again: India wants to bring back the cheetah

The Independent | Independent | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Cheetah, India, Home News

They appear in portraits and carvings and the Mughal Emperor Ashoka was said to have kept more than 1,000 for hunting. But the cheetah - prized for i...

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