We rarely get a chance to appreciate just how fast a cheetah can run and how they achieve such high speeds. The footage below gives us a rare, up-close view of a cheetah running at maximum speed.

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The cheetah was the inspiration for the "cheetah robot," created by researchers at MIT and funded by the US military. Crafting the robot took five years of designing, testing, and tweaking.

In a direct comparison, cheetahs are significantly faster than panthers. Cheetahs can run at speeds of over 100 km/h for short bursts, while panthers top out at around 80-90 km/h. Panthers, on the ...

The higher the force, the faster your speed. With better control of how hard the cheetah's feet hit the ground, researchers found that it could run and bound on rough terrain like grassy fields ...

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If their eyes are fast enough, that is. Cheetahs can reach speeds of 120 kph. Chiba Zoological Park began its “cheetah run” on Oct. 13 and plans to hold the attraction once or twice a week.

They are a part of the zoo's Cat Ambassador Program and will one day be a part of the running program, where visitors can watch cheetahs run at full speed.