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Botswana (map), 1998 Photograph by Chris Johns "Down for the count, an exhausted impala expires in a female cheetah's deadly stranglehold. Cheetahs' teeth are too small to use as daggers for large kill, but strong jaws lock around the throat of prey until the victim stops breathing." —From "Cheetahs: Ghosts of the Grasslands," December 1999, National Geographic magazine      More From National Geographic • Photo of the Day • National Geographic News • Photography Home Page     Online Store Find photography products in our online store.

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