The Special: Saharan Cheetah Sighting!

Since the new year is coming soon, I must put forth effort to make posts positive. I think I've stated this before but I choose Yahoo! as my front page because I enjoy the fact that it lines all the political, the funny, the advice, the celeb gossip all nicely in front of my eyes. I am not biased by what I "choose" to see because I didn't set any default settings, that way, I get a little bit of everything and then decide which articles I actually read.

Anyway, a few days ago I saw an article on rare cheetah sightings, and I actually didn't know that there were very specific other types of cheetahs.

The Saharan Cheetah is only known in 6 countries (and slowly decreasing) and is so rare that there is only about 250 known adults left in the wild. There are 0 in captivity and virtually nothing is known about them. The photos are a stroke of luck by pre-set cameras! Good going science guys :)

Still...I'm totally psyched! As seen from the picture, I guess you'd say that the Saharan Cheetah is more-or-less like your average cheetah....one that hasn't eaten in a while. It's extra slim and is even more nocturnal than its more well-known relative.

But if I lived almost completely in the desert, I think I'd rather be out longer at night than day too, wouldn't you? Click here to read the whole story.