Notice how the head is held in 3D space but the entire body is moving through x, y, and z. Actually it holds itself in z pretty well, preserving energy for forward movement and not wasting it bobbing up and down. You can really see this from the front shots.
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Wikipedia:
ReplyDelete"The cheetah can run faster than any other land animal — as fast as 112 to 120 km/h (70 to 75 mph)."
75 miles an hour. I can't even fathom. I could do 4mph, maybe 5mph if something had designs on me for dinner. Which had me wondering how fast the fastest human could run.
Wikipedia:
"The fastest human footspeed on record is 44.72 km/h (27.79 mph), seen during a 100 metres sprint by Usain Bolt."