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  2. Fastest animals - Wikipedia

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    It is the fastest mammal in the world and one of the fastest flying animals on level flight. Cheetah: 109.4–120.7 km/h (68.0–75.0 mph) [d] The cheetah can accelerate from 0 to 96.6 km/h (60.0 mph) in under three seconds, [58] though endurance is limited: most cheetahs run for only 60 seconds at a time. [19]

  3. Cheetah - Wikipedia

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    The cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) is a large cat and the fastest land animal. It has a tawny to creamy white or pale buff fur that is marked with evenly spaced, solid black spots. The head is small and rounded, with a short snout and black tear-like facial streaks. It reaches 67–94 cm (26–37 in) at the shoulder, and the head-and-body length is ...

  4. List of birds by flight speed - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of the fastest flying birds in the world. A bird's velocity is necessarily variable; a hunting bird will reach much greater speeds while diving to catch prey than when flying horizontally. The bird that can achieve the greatest airspeed is the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), able to exceed 320 km/h (200 mph) in its dives.

  5. 108 “Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?” Questions For Your ...

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    What is the fastest land animal? Answer: Cheetah. What bird has the largest eyes? Answer: Giant Squid. ... Which is the fastest-flying bird in the world? Answer: Peregrine Falcon.

  6. Tiny California mite sets record as world's fastest land animal

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    The title of "fastest land animal" doesn't belong to the cheetah or Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt -- instead, it goes to a tinier creature. Much tinier. Like, the size of a sesame seed. Samuel ...

  7. Sarah (cheetah) - Wikipedia

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    Sarah, also known as Sahara, (c. 2001–January 22, 2016) was a female South African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus jubatus) that lived in the Cincinnati Zoo [1] in Cincinnati, Ohio. Sarah was known as the world's fastest land mammal according to National Geographic magazine.

  8. San Diego Zoo Reveals Their Cheetah’s Bestie Is a Golden ...

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    But then they introduced their South African Cheetah, which definitely is the world's fastest animal. The zoo paired the two so the cheetah could learn social cues after being abandoned by her mother.

  9. Asiatic cheetah - Wikipedia

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    The cheetah is the fastest land animal in the world. [15] It was previously thought that the body temperature of a cheetah increases during a hunt due to high metabolic activity. [ 16 ] In a short period of time during a chase, a cheetah may produce 60 times more heat than at rest, with much of the heat, produced from glycolysis , stored to ...