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The world's fastest animal isn't actually the cheetah

When wildlife travelers (particularly safari fans) discuss the fastest animals in the world, a particular cat from the small cat lineage (Felinae) almost always enters the conversation: the cheetah.
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Remember this? Nearly 15 years ago, a Cincinnati Zoo cheetah set a world record

Cheetahs are universally known as one of the fastest animals on the planet, and nearly 15 years ago in Cincinnati, a local cheetah set a world record.It happened at the Cincinnati Zoo in 2009, when ...
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Scientists extracted DNA from mummified cheetah remains and made a surprising discovery

When scientists with the National Center for Wildlife in Saudi Arabia were surveying caves in search of wildlife in 2022 and 2023, they came across something unexpected: seven naturally mummified ...