Cheetahs in Courtship: Leboo and Miale. Happy Valentine’s Day!

02/14/2020

Cheetahs’ home rangers overlap, allowing females access to several males and vice versa. To avoid competition, males in coalitions sometimes split, and by that, increase chances for successful mating. Some cheetahs demonstrate a preference of partners for mating. For example, Leboo – a male of the Tano Bora male coalition, not for the first time left the group while courting Miale. Today, after spending with her two days, he finally left the female and rejoined the group.