Zoo Additions Continue 'The zoo is back, 100 percent.' That's according to Roosevelt Park Zoo Director David Merritt today --- now that the giraffes and big cats are back. Merritt says a zoo is always changing, but he says
June 14, 2013 - KX TV North Dakota
Moves Trump Speed for Cheetahs Cheetahs reign as the fastest land mammals, capable of sprinting at speeds reaching about 65 miles an hour. But when hunting in the wild, the big cats rarely reach top speed. Instead they rely on rapid acceleration and agility to catch their prey. That’s according to a study in the journal Nature . [A. M. Wilson et al., Locomotion dynamics of hunting in wild cheetahs ] [More]
June 13, 2013 - Scientific American