Cheetahs become more nocturnal on hot days. Climate change may up conflicts among Africa's big cats.
https://apnews.com/article/cheetah-climate-hunt-nocturnal-lions-leopards-47b95a0a60e9921e282126c068a0b919
Cheetahs are usually daytime hunters, but the speedy big cats will shift their activity toward dawn and dusk hours during warmer weather, a new study finds.
Unfortunately for endangered cheetahs, that sets them up for more potential conflicts with mostly nocturnal competing predators such as lions and leopards, say the authors of research published Wednesday in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.