That's the finding of a study that tracks the dance of death between the fastest land animal and its prey. Researchers have been analysing how zebra and antelope escape from lions and cheetahs on ...
So, cheetahs are known to abandon their hunt even though their body temperatures remain relatively stable when chasing their prey. Cheetahs hunt a wide variety of prey, mainly small to mid-sized ...
Interestingly, this often-quoted maximum speed was achieved with a cheetah chasing a car on a runway. In reality, prey chases often occur at much slower speeds of between 30-40mph. Nonetheless ...
Cheetahs have exceptionally long, slender tails that act almost like a rudder on a boat, helping them maintain balance and make sharp turns at high speeds when chasing prey. This ability to change ...