It’s Body Length, Not Mass, That Lets the Cheetah Run So Fast
Cheetahs sprint at a blistering top speed of about 59 MPH, while the domestic cat runs at about 30 MPH, close to a blue whale’s 31 MPH, and a three-toed sloth runs less than one MPH. A new paper by a pair of French physicists concludes that it’s the body length, not the mass, of…
