“Sarah, the Cheetah from the Cincinatti Zoo, shattered the world record for the standing 100-meter dash, clocking a time of 5.95 seconds—making Olympian Usain Bolt’s world record of 9.58 seconds look positively stodgy by comparison. The ‘Polka-dotted missile’ rocketed to 61 miles an hour.” Beyond Sarah’s raw speed, was the beauty and grace of this incredible animal. Enjoy…
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Source: NatGeo
Is she magnificent or what?? How every muscle in her body is outlined with such grace in each stride.
Yes, magnificent. Funny how the mind works (mine). My background thinking was humming…”Let’s hope we can find a way to sustain them for future generations.”
Given the frightening and thoughtless way in which we care for our environment – and in this case, the ever shrinking savannah – I totally get how your mind hummed along right over to this.
Yes, yes, yes. And no shortage of irony (sad) that this clip was taken in a zoo in Cincinatti.
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Poetry in motion! And I thought the same thing as you and Mimi, absolutely EVERY muscle in her body recruited for the effort. Gorgeous! And yes, David, a bitter irony that this was shot in a zoo…. :-/
Yes, he (apparently Sarah is a “he”) is poetry in motion.
Not a thought goes into her movement, such natural grace, she truly is amazing.
Yes, natural locomotion.
Beautiful, graceful cats.
And BTW, this “Sarah” in the clip is a boy.
Didn’t know that. Interesting. Any idea on how they landed on the name Sarah for him?
No idea. But the anatomy tells us his name should be something more masculine.
OK, another resourceful reader who watched the entire clip and searched the web found that there were 5 Cheetahs used in the filming of this video. The Cheetahs’ names are Sarah, Nia, Chance, Bravo, Tommy T. Chance, Bravo and Tommy T. could have been the male that you saw.
I sure wouldn’t want her chasing after me. She is beautiful.
Not unless I was in a car. She is beautiful.
To run with power & focus like that is incredible.
Yes, or just to run…:)
Nice name, but that’s all we have in common!
Oh, come on. I bet you can give Sarah a run for his/her money…
My husband and I met the cheetahs at Canberra Zoo, Australia, (we visited their enclosure but they were free to wander away from us). They were so relaxed and lazy. And the magical thing was that when we stroked them, they purred! The biggest purr you’ve ever heard! It would be a tragedy to lose the big cats from the wild. They are irreplaceable.
Wow, amazed that you were able to touch them. And they purred. Incredible experience. Thanks for sharing Ophelia.
Oh, and they had soft fur under their chins, but they felt like German Shepherds on their backs. It was a hot day and they were very relaxed until the dingoes had their walk past the enclosure. Then they were off to investigate! Yes, lovely experience.
Wow. You have a talent for framing evocative images putting me at the scene.
David,
Based upon my own experience, they run for a reason in Cincinnati!
Marty
There is an incredible beauty in this animals motion.
Yes, she’s an incredible creature…