This feat surpasses the fastest of all human meter sprinters by almost four seconds. Usain Bolt , a Jamaican sprinter now competing at the London Olympics, holds the human world record at 9. Cheetahs, of course, are built to run faster than humans, regularly clocking speeds of up to around 60 miles per hour During a photo shoot with National Geographic Magazine, a cheetah from the Cincinnati Zoo named Sarah covered meters and clocked a peak speed of 61 mph 98 kph.
The sprint broke Sarah's previous world record, set in when she ran the same distance in 6. Thane Maynard, the zoo's executive director said: 'At the Cincinnati Zoo it is our goal to inspire every visitor with wildlife every day, and nothing inspires awe like seeing a cheetah running full blast in our Cheetah Encounter. Blur: Sarah is pictured running at a top speed of 61mph as she races past the camera.
The feature will include never-before-seen high speed photographs of cheetah movement. Cheetahs are endangered, and their population worldwide has shrunk from about , in to an estimated 9, to 12, cheetahs today.
Record breaker: Sarah the cheetah smashed the world record when she ran m in just 5. Cincinnati Zoo has been dubbed 'The Cheetah Capital of the World' and its cheetah breeding centre is one of only four similar facilities in the United States. In total, there have been 64 cheetah cubs born in Cincinnati. S, Canada, and Central America to spread the word that cheetahs are endangered. Watch Sarah the Cheetah break world speed record:.
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Sarah, a cheetah residing at the Cincinnati zoo is undoubtedly the fastest of all land mammals. On June 20, she ran m in 5. If Bolt were to choose to be any animal, it would be the Peregrine Falcon.
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