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Cheetah
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Officially, the Iranian cheetah is thought to be extinct in Afghanistan, but I am sure a population remains. Dare mighty things. Go find it.
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― The Snow Leopard Project: And Other Adventures in Warzone Conservation
― The Snow Leopard Project: And Other Adventures in Warzone Conservation
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The evidence of cheetah genetic monotony would only grow. Bob Wayne, a talented postdoctoral fellow in our lab, examined cranial measurements and the bilateral symmetry of cheetah skulls. Although no one is certain why, in most livestock, asymmetry in skeletal characteristics (the difference between right and left measures of a trait) increases with inbreeding. Bob measured sixteen bilateral traits in thirty-three cheetah skulls held in natural history museums in Washington, Chicago, and New Yor
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― Tears of the Cheetah: The Genetic Secrets of Our Animal Ancestors
― Tears of the Cheetah: The Genetic Secrets of Our Animal Ancestors
