Vigilant and patient, the cheetah creeps behind the tall grass of the African Savannah which resembles his brownish fur and camouflages him perfectly. All attention fixed on ?his big meal-- a fawn eating grass not far away, he manages to hide his breath and make a hit. Despite his inborn advantage of accelerating from 0 to 96 km/h in only three seconds, being the world fastest land mammal, they can only maintain the sprint for about half a minute because it is an energy-taking process. He must make full preparation, or it indicates a failure at the beginning.
The poor little fawn, unaware of the life-taking danger, approaches the predator unconsciously. In a twinkling, the cheetah dashes out of the grass like a lightning all the way to his prey. Not until this very moment does the fawn realize it may be a life-threatening menace and spare no effort speeding and escaping. Yet it is too late, the distance between them is narrowing and eventually the fawn is only a foot away from the predator. While we mourn the pitiful destiny of the poor, we cannot deny ?the rule of natural selection, the survival of the fittest.
