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This is where I made my suggestions and citation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Cheetah#Suggestions_2

I would like to point out that under the Diet and Hunting section, in the third paragraph it is mentioned that "the cheetah has an average hunting success rate of around 50%" with "The Cheetah in Genetic Peril" as its source, however, after browsing the article a number of times, I never found a single reference to them being successful in 50% of hunts. The closest I could come up with was in the opening statement where it states that cheetahs have a higher success rate than lions, but that's still far from saying it's 50%. The primary reason I bring this up, is because after reviewing another article, "Locomotion dynamics of hunting in wild cheetahs", their data states that the cheetah was only successful in 25-26% of its hunts on average. With about 20% of hunts in grassland and 31% in dense cover being successful respectively. [2]

Another suggestion would be adding warthogs to the dietary section of cheetahs, as again, according to the above mentioned article, one of the cheetahs they sampled that was in high vegetation areas was often observed eating them.

It would also be very interesting to include more detail on the population bottleneck, I'm sure a lot of people don't know anything about it, aside form those that study animals, and it would be very interesting to learn about.

Lastly, to play along with a few other things briefly mentioned here, it has been shown that one of the plausible reasons for increased susceptibility of captive cheetahs to diseases is stress. Captive cheetahs in North American zoos had higher fecal glucocorticoid concentrations, and a larger adrenal corticomedullary ratio, indicative of stress, than those of free-ranging Namibian cheetahs. These two populations originated from the same gene pool, so any susceptibility to diseases is likely not a result of low genetic variability, which bodes well for cheetahs as a whole. [3] Hauser.120 (talk) 07:10, 2 October 2014 (UTC) Jump up ^ Terio, K. A.; Munson, L.; Marker, L.; Aldridge, B. M.; Solnick, J. V. (5 January 2005). "Comparison of Helicobacter spp. in Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) with and without Gastritis". Journal of Clinical Microbiology 43 (1): 229–234. doi:10.1128/JCM.43.1.229-234.2005. Jump up ^ Wilson, A. M., Lowe, J. C., Roskilly, K., Hudson, P. E., Golabek, K. A., & McNutt, J. W. (2013). Locomotion dynamics of hunting in wild cheetahs. Nature, 498(7453), 185-189. Jump up ^ Thalwitzer, H.; Wachter, B.; Robert, N.; Wibbelt, G.; Muller, T.; Lonzer, J.; Meli, M. L.; Bay, G.; Hofer, H.; Lutz (February 2010). "Seroprevalences to Viral Pathogens in Free-Ranging and Captive Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) on Namibian Farmland". CLINICAL AND VACCINE IMMUNOLOGY 17 (2): 232–238. Text "DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00345-09" ignored (help); More than one of |first1= and |first= specified (help)

And an added thing I did to build off someones elses suggestion.

I personally agree with whoever wrote this, the aforementioned section just seems like a lot of poorly worded repetition. If it is felt that the information presented in it is necessary, then rewording it would be nice. Something along the lines of "Cheetahs can run at very high speeds, accelerating at 75 kilometers per hour in just two seconds. Cheetahs reach a top speed, in a full on sprint, somewhere between 90-128 kilometers per hour; however this causes the cheetah's body to heat up very quickly, and upon reaching 40.5°C they can no longer run." Even in this revision there's some bulk that could be done away with, such as "at a full on sprint", however it's easier to follow. Lastly, I would argue with the removal of the portion that states "the top speed of cheetah estimately recorded at 90 to 128 kilometers per hour", or at the very least have it match up with the information stated in other areas on the site. In the opening statement it clearly states "The cheetah can run faster than any other land animal— as fast as 112 to 120 km/h (70 to 75 mph)", with a number of verified sources to back it up, so there's no reason to change it for this portion. I also did remove the portion that stated "but there are some disputes between them" simply because it seems redundant, there's no way to test this to a point where there's no error, so of course there's going to be some debate. Hauser.120 (talk) 02:40, 2 October 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hauser.120 (talk • contribs) 02:37, 2 October 2014 (UTC)