SciShow: Why Are Cheetahs the Fastest Land Animal?

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Content of the Lesson: Cheetahs are fast. You know this. But which is faster: a cheetah, or a Tyrannosaurus rex? Hosted by: Olivia Gordon SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Kevin Bealer, Jacob, Katie Marie Magnone, D.A. Noe, Charles Southerland, Eric Jensen, Christopher R Boucher, Alex Hackman, Matt Curls, Adam Brainard, Jeffrey McKishen, Scott Satovsky Jr, James Knight, Sam Buck, Chris Peters, Kevin Carpentier, Patrick D. Ashmore, Piya Shedden, Sam Lutfi, Charles George, Christoph Schwanke, Greg ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/cheetah https://jeb.biologists.org/content/220/21/3841 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-017-0241-4 https://www.alphr.com/science/1006329/fastest-animals-dinosaur-speeds https://www.nationalgeographic.com/search?q=cheetah https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/l/leopard/ https://www.alphr.com/science/1006329/fastest-animals-dinosaur-speeds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icFMTB0Pi0g https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/cheetah Image Sources: https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/cheetah-running-south-africa-gm958697418-261779606 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cheetahs_on_the_Edge_(Director%27s_Cut).ogv https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/lone-cheetah-standing-up-on-white-background-gm93209579-2878602 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/cheetah-acinonyx-jubatus-gm93215399-6957696 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/tyranosaurus-rex-skeleton-dinosaure-squelette-profile-gm182716114-12794154 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/t-rex-with-feathers-3d-rendering-side-view-gm1140425144-305178977 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tyrannosaurus_rex_by_durbed.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tyrannosaurus_rex_mmartyniuk.png https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/cheetah-gm536030463-57446680 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/grand-piano-musical-instrument-gm1187151765-335229584 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/a-young-mixed-race-man-standing-alone-on-a-rock-admiring-the-lake-view-side-view-gm1067423876-285468762 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/sportswoman-sprinting-in-the-city-gm1129115365-298153886 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/feathered-velociraptor-dinosaur-on-white-background-gm1143833265-307325129 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/leopard-on-tree-gm155911783-15844154 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/hippo-chargng-out-of-the-water-at-full-speed-gm521125990-91239421 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/3d-render-dinosaur-gm966286068-263657829 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/big-animals-set-gm1201100223-344304330


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