One Fast Cat

By Miss Cellania in Animals & Pets, Sports, World Records on Sep 9, 2009 at 10:09 pm

Sarah, a cheetah at the Cincinnati Zoo, set a world record for the 100 meter dash today by covering the distance in 6.13 seconds. The event was held at Mast Farm, the zoo’s cheetah breeding facility. The race is a remote contest between Sarah and Zaza, a cheetah at Cheetah Outreach in South Africa. Zaza is expected to run her race later this month. To compare, the human world record is 9.58 seconds, held by Usain Bolt. Link to story. Link to Sarah’s blog. -via Metafilter


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  1. Miss Cellania
    Sep 9th, 2009 at 10:29 pm

    Reminds me of the old joke:

    How fast can you run?

    I dunno, it depends on what’s chasing me!

  2. Gauldar
    Sep 9th, 2009 at 11:10 pm

    This is exactly what the world needs, a breeding program for faster cheetahs.

  3. Johnny Cat
    Sep 9th, 2009 at 11:43 pm

    I’d love to see a race between Bolt and a cheetah. Hello, Nike?

  4. James2
    Sep 10th, 2009 at 12:42 am

    Put an antelope in front of the cheetah and I bet she runs even faster.

  5. Leo
    Sep 10th, 2009 at 8:15 am

    I actually thought a cheetah could cover that distance faster.

  6. Miss Cellania
    Sep 10th, 2009 at 9:56 am

    Leo, it probably could if it was hungry enough!


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