Cheetahs in Slow Motion

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At 1200 frames per second, the first minute of this video only covers one second of the cheetah's run! Greg Wilson shot high-speed footage of five cheetahs from the Cincinnati Zoo, including the world-speed-record-holder Sarah, over three days to get this video. They ran at up to 60 miles per hour, so I would imagine the most difficult part would be keeping the cat toy ahead of them. Read more about cheetahs at National Geographic. Link -via Metafilter

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Beautiful.

Can you get one of these for pet at the animal shelter? ;P

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In either case, in terms of giving the mouse some exercise: mission accomplished!

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Sadly, I think this is actually a medical or psychological disorder... First few times it was funny, but eventually I'm like "poor fellow...".

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Ear infection is a common cause of this kind of behaviour, you can see by the distinctive head tilt. It could be trying to use the wheel, but is too disoriented and keeps missing it. Recommend hydration and a prescription of antibiotics. Unless it's a brain tumour, inbred white mice get those sometimes and there's naught you can do about it.

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