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1 .This is Scientific American 60-Second Science. I'm Sophie Bushwick. Got a minute?
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2 .Cheetahs reign as the fastest land mammals, capable of sprinting at speeds reaching about 65 miles an hour.
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3 .But when hunting in the wild, the big cats rarely reach top speed.
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4 .Instead they rely on rapid acceleration and agility to catch their prey.
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5 .That's according to a study in the journal Nature.
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6 .Most previous research examined cheetahs running in a straight line or in a controlled habitat.
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7 .To find out how the big cats move in the wild, researchers put tracking collars on five wild cheetahs in Botswana.
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8 .Each collar used GPS and other technology to measure each cat's position, velocity, and acceleration.
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9 .The collars recorded and uploaded data from 367 hunting runs in a 17-month period.
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10 .On these runs, the cheetahs on average topped out at only about half their maximum speed.
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11 .The slower pace allowed the cats to quickly decelerate and reaccelerate into fast, tight turns,
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12 .the better to avoid getting faked out by prey.
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13 .So next time your kitty chases a laser pointer, tell her that maneuverability, not speed, is the key to the kill.
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14 .Thanks for the minute, for Scientific American 60-Second Science. I'm Sophie Bushwick.
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