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From: friesen@psivax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Bipedalism
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Date: Thu, 15-May-86 15:21:43 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 15 15:21:43 1986
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In article <7648@cca.UUCP> g-rh@cca.UUCP (Richard Harter) writes:
>
>  The high speed predators (cheetah, impala, et. al.)
>can run at impressive speeds, but they can't maintain them for very long.
>My recollection is that the cheetah can hit 70 mph but can only maintain
>that speed for a few hundred feet.
>
	Quite correct. In fact, if the Cheetah fails to catch its prey
it is down and out for many hours "catching its breath" before it can
try again!(reference - last month's Scientific American).
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				Sarima (Stanley Friesen)

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