The Glass Cannon | Cheetah – The Biomechanics of 70 mph & the Price of Pure Speed
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It accelerates from zero to 60 miles per hour in under three seconds. It can be going 60 and down to 14 in three strides. It chirps like a sparrow. And after it makes a kill, it has to sit down for half an hour before it can eat — because it's too hot to function. The cheetah is the most extreme biological trade-off among the large African predators, and in this episode, we take it apart piece by piece to understand exactly what was sacrificed, and exactly what was gained. We start with the s...
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