Animals
Cheetah
Fastest land animal · Acinonyx jubatus
A hyper-flexible spine acts as a spring between strides; oversized nasal passages and lungs feed oxygen to a heart that beats 250 times a minute at sprint. The tail steers like a rudder.
Key specifications
Top speed
112 km/h
0 – 100 km/h
~3 s
Stride length
~7 m
Stride rate
4 / sec
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