National Geographic and the Cincinnati Zoo teamed up to create some captivating footage:
Using a Phantom camera filming at 1200 frames per second while zooming beside a sprinting cheetah, the team captured every nuance of the cat’s movement as it reached top speeds of 60+ miles per hour.
Stick around ’til 5:40 or so to see the contraption used to drive the camera. Watching the cat pursue the stuffed target, my wife sat next to me & quietly whispered “Get it, get it, get it!” [Via Danny Smythe]
Thanks for this – Watched it half a dozen times now & am still fascinated. Love the part starting at about 2:35 where he just about catches the decoy – he leans into it, opens his mouth & you can actually see him reach out & turn his paw sideways to swipe at it & then realizes he won’t get it & turns his paw back to the ground.
Amazing video, what a beautiful animal…
Thank you for this post. What a beautiful animal. This is poetry in motion 🙂
Fantastic!! This is what we live for.
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