Cheetahs running

[Gibsons]

amazing

http://vimeo.com/53914149

 

[darkxshade]

whoa awesome video, thanks

 

[Zeze]

WTF the cheetah took like 12 steps in 1 sec?

WTF.

 

[bigrash]

wow awesome!

 

[blotto]

Those front shoulders are amazing. The epitome of power.

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

I liked how little the head moved in space as it ran. That's a well-tuned predator, right there.

 

[Miramonti]

Holy cr@p, that's got to be a world record for the speed of a hairball.

 

[brianmanahan]

cheetahs dont hold a candle to rocket cheetahs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xeac5AdbMWw

ps. yeah that is the guy who voices the tf2 scoot

 

[Juked07]

look how still its head is the whole time wtf

 

[Baked]

WTF the cheetah took like 12 steps in 1 sec?

WTF.

Traveling, cheetah style.

 

[darkxshade]

look how still its head is the whole time wtf

The first 2 mins unfolded in 2 secs of real time so imo it's more crazy the amount of strides it took rather than how still the head was.

 

[ProchargeMe]

It's amazing how long it stays airborne. The hind legs only touch the ground every 15-20 feet. Amazing.

 

[MichaelD]

Kickass! Thanks, OP! It's amazing how the head just doesn't move up or down. Talk about engineering!

And about "engineering"; HD video has changed our perception of the world we live in for the better. This video is proof.

 

[datalink7]

WTF the cheetah took like 12 steps in 1 sec?

WTF.

Yeah that amazed me as well, so I had to go find a video of it at speed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBecfB7Y7vU

 

[eits]

their spine is unique to any other animal because it's like a spring. with every bound, it springs forward around 4-6 body lengths.

also, it's claws never retract.

and it is the only cat that can chirp.

 

[Gibsons]

bump for the morning crowd

 

[rasczak]

Thanks for the bump. That was badass.

 

[RedRooster]

Near the end there, where they show how it was made, holy crap.
At 6:15 or so, the speed he passes the camera!
Nature is so awesome, and I agree with MichaelD that HD and high fps makes all this stuff so incredible. Thanks for the video!

 

[tmc]

simply awesome!

 

[JoLLyRoGer]

that was... poetry in motion.. amazing. thanks!

 

[purbeast0]

marked because cheetah's fucking rock!

 

[Gibsons]

marked because cheetah's fucking rock!

1200 FPS, worth the bandwidth.

 

[Krazy4Real]

That's pretty awesome!

 

[purbeast0]

wow really fucking neat video. the hind legs almost move partially like kangaroos when you see it slowed down like that.

 

[Juked07]

The first 2 mins unfolded in 2 secs of real time so imo it's more crazy the amount of strides it took rather than how still the head was.

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.

For sure the thing that struck me most about the video is the overall form. The entire cheetah's body moves and lunges extremely far on every stride, demonstrating a great deal of power, yet the motion is extremely smooth and it is able to keep a random body part (the head) level the entire time.