Why Humans Can’t Run Cheetah Speeds (70mph) and How We Could | WIRED

Why is it that cheetahs can run so fast? How can humans get to be that fast? Cheetah biologist Adrienne Crosier and orthopedic surgeon Dr. Chris Raynor explain why cheetahs are so quick and why humans and limited comparatively.



Human/cheetah concept illustrations by Max Wittert IG: @maxwittert | Twitter: @waxmittert
Additional images from Getty and Alamy



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[ChrisRaynorMD]

This was a fun project @wired! Thanks for including me!

[mnday]

that cheetah human was the most cursed thing i've ever seen in my life

[subscriberschallenge]

Not gonna lie human-cheetah do be looking thicc doe

[ivanchagasp]

It's getting harder and harder to get to current beauty standards. Now I have to become a cheetah? Hahaha

[BabiesKillYou]

I never get tired of watching a Cheetah make a high speed catch.

[willestes]

Why does the human cheetah thing look like my sleep paralysis demon 😂

[aesthetic_rex]

"I understand. A cheetah is not human. The cheetahs... will be spared."

[lvk.a]

I swear to god my mom is faster than any living cheetahs when she sees my exam results

[dimitreze]

except if you have a powerful magical lazy-screenwriter stone and wish to become an apex predator but because you liked a shoe, you become a cheetah

[lennartherrmann]

I like the different approach on this video, Covid restricts people talking in person in a studio, so i get the idea of spicing things up with the editing. Sometimes its a little overdone in my opinion, but still a nice direction this is heading.

[aestheticswim]

The virgin hooman run vs the chad hybrid cheetah stride

[qenb]

Imagine looking back to see a cheetah human sprinting towards you.

[KimberlyGreen]

Humans evolved to be "persistence hunters". We don't need to move quickly, just for long durations until our prey wears down and we overtake them.

[sneakyratsniper]

The cheetah human thing is like that one meme where the dude is sitting a throne made of brains except the brain is his muscle

[sneychev]

The Virgin Cheetah vs The CHAD Human Cheetah

[tinydiddumb]

I think the "ideal sprinting human" is going to be my new recurring nightmare.

[maverick]

Next Video: Why Cheetahs can't play Guitar like Humans?

[MrBlitzpunk]

Media gotta put 'expert' in everything these days

Doctors = human expert
Chef = food expert
Janitor = sanitation expert
McDonalds underpaid cooks = burger expert

[cbspydoge]

11:19 when it zooms out and reveals the weird proportions of that human-cheetah

[Jmartin_leo]

That cheetah human had me dying with laughter... DWL!