Cheetahs running

[SlitheryDee]

Even though I've seen tons of nature docs about cheetahs, I still couldn't stop watching. Captivating video.

 

[tommo123]

Seconds are pretty long. Even a jogger takes something like 170-200 steps per minute. I think if you go out and try to have fast turnover you can probably approach ~300 steps per minute, and humans don't have fast strides compared to a lot of animals. That the fastest land animal can do a little over twice that turnover is kind of underwhelming if anything.. I'd be surprised if there aren't tons of other land animals that have similar turnover -- even animals that aren't really that fast in absolute terms like squirrels probably have very fast steps.

very fast steps but very slow overall. nature did a hell of a job on cheetahs. if taking very fast steps was "better" / more efficient then it would do that. as it is, they can't keep that speed up for very long.

imagine a cheetah as a police dog type role. release them to run after a fleeing criminal - and those teeth! eek!