The sloth hangs on a tree, substituting the belly for the sun, almost his whole life. Even in bad weather, during the rain, he continues to hang there. Therefore, it is believed that he is the slowest animal in the world or a champion who, by his slowness, defeated even his beloved turtle.
The complete opposite is the cheetah, because he is the fastest animal in the world. The structure of his body is such that it allows him to reach speeds of up to seventy-five kilometers per hour in just two seconds. Three seconds later, the cheetah is already rushing at a speed of one hundred and ten kilometers per hour, which even the inventors of many racing cars cannot achieve.
Researchers managed to record an amazing event when the cheetah, in pursuit of prey, covered a distance of six hundred and fifty meters in just twenty seconds, that is, it developed a speed of up to one hundred and twenty kilometers per hour. But even this is not an absolute record. As a result of numerous studies, the fastest animal in the world is a cheetah, which has reached speeds of up to one hundred twenty-eight kilometers per hour.
In this regard, it is appropriate to emphasize what other records cheetahs set? Firstly, these mammalian animals easily jump over barriers in their path up to four and a half meters high. Secondly, they can jump a ravine seven to eight meters wide in one jump.
Today cheetahs are listed in the Red Book, because, like many other animals in Russia and in the world, they are on the verge of extinction. The fact is that, like other types of cats, cheetahs are easily tamed and get used to people, even as adults. Three thousand years before our era, they were used by hunters from different countries, including Egypt, India. The rulers of the Moscow principality and Kievan Rus also contained cheetahs for hunting purposes. In addition, animals have very valuable and beautiful fur. Well, and the third reason for the extinction of cheetahs is the lack of food in the wild, because environmental difficulties have affected many animals serving as prey for cheetahs.
That is why today the fastest animal in the world is found in the wild only in remote African places or on protected lands in some parts of Central or Central Asia. As an inhabitant of the savannah and desert, the cheetah chooses a terrain with a slightly rugged landscape. These are predators who prefer to hunt during the day, they do not use ambushes, as other cats do, and they achieve success only by pursuit. Sensing prey, cheetahs calmly run after it until the distance between the victim and the hunter is reduced to twenty-five meters. At this time, the animal concentrates all its energy and
makes a short and triumphant race. Having overtaken his prey, the cheetah knocks it down with its front paw. The victim rolls somersaults, and he grabs her fangs by the throat.
Moreover, the fastest animal in the world during the pursuit reaches such a strength that its energy is sufficient to bring down more massive representatives of the fauna during the hunt than he himself. A short race lasts about one minute, but it takes so much strength that after the chase the cheetah needs to rest before the condemned meal.
