Cheetah vs Greyhound Speed Test | BBC Earth

Sam and Simon film the world's fastest recorded canine - the greyhound. We find out how it compares to the world's fastest cat - the cheetah.

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Cheetah vs Greyhound Speed Test | BBC Earth
Sam and Simon film the world's fastest recorded canine - the greyhound. We find out how it compares to the world's fastest cat - the cheetah.

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[petestratton]

A cheetah, agile, graceful, powerful. A greyhound: runs exactly like what a really fast dog would look like. Absolutely goofy and adorable. Look at that face in slow mo

[herculesrockefeller]

The cheetah keeps his head and spine mostly level the whole time, while the greyhound does not; all other things being equal, this alone would make the cheetah faster. There is almost no wasted motion/energy in the cheetah's run. The more flexible spine of the cheetah also enables it to absorb shocks better, helping to conserve energy, and permit minute course corrections, which add to overall speed.
Both magnificent animals!

[tjcj]

Greyhounds are the weirdest dogs on earth. I’ve had regular dogs all my life but recently adopted an ex racer greyhound. He’s everything I never expected a greyhound to be. Incredibly gentle, quiet, lazy, affectionate and calm. But man, when he runs it’s like watching something from another planet.

[spencexxx]

The distance the dog's back legs travel each time is madness.

[redzoom]

Cheetah looks so much more graceful in its movement.

[iakusz]

I find it quite dazzling that these lads fail to notice how much more economic cheetah's movement is; the dog ends up swinging it's head and chest a lot, while the cat's dorsum is dead firm

[tangelatv]

The greyhound's stride looks more like hopping than running.

[Raven-hhcj]

The cheetah is majestic as it runs, and the greyhound is just downright terrifying

[zinc]

if you've met a greyhound you know how sweet and silly they are and watching their slowed down face is so derpy its adorable

[Sirensss]

I love how derpy the dog's face looks in slow-mo.

[luizfeitosa]

The music and slowmo made the greyhound look so alien, it's like a biological machine made of pure muscle

[katejenkins]

My greyhound is an ex racer (she was called Diamond Lass). She was quickly dropped because she does the most impractical, unmajestic run. She keeps her upper legs still while her lower legs do all the moving, so her run is more of a shuffle and in motion she looks like she has tiny stubby legs. Yet, she is still so freaking fast, outracing all the dogs in the dog park.

[khanjali]

1:00
Man: "She's got such big powerful legs"
His mind: "Boi she thicc"

[tanveersingh]

Greyhound *starts running*
Greyhound’s balls: “brace for the impact fellas, it would be hell of a ride”

[billnu]

I met a recently retired racing greyhound at the dog park this evening and I was shocked at the amount of muscle mass in the thigh. Almost the same width side to side as front to back. Magnificent dog. We were all just hoping he would break into a full run but it was not to be. He did lick my face so I’m good.

[whatsinaname]

A Cheetah in motion is one of the most powerful yet beautiful sights to behold 😍

[ypcdarkii]

My dog when I drop a spec of food on the floor

[hollyandtheev]

The cheetah looks relaxed and the greyhound looks like it is working.

[californiacondor]

At top speed cheetahs spend most of their time in the air, they hop. At top speed their feet touch the ground only once every 30 ft.⚡

[ZenEndurance]

The cheetah squeezes and then expands its entire torso, adding a full-body pumping action to it's run. The dog only runs mostly with it's legs. And oddly, tries to make up for it with more upper body use. I raised a greyhound from puppy til she passed away at 13 years and it was the most beautiful and exotic creature you might ever see. And we'd see her flash across the windows as she'd run laps around the yard for fun. Truly a stunning animal.