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Cheetahs have been clocked @70mph. That chase ain't getting any further than that short distance.
Ancient humans would casually jog at animals until they could no longer run away. Cheetahs can only run about 600 meters before they are forced to stop and rest. The shortest marathons are 42km. So yes, an average person on the street could almost certainly chase down a cheetah.
Depends who's chasing who.
Whomst's chasing who
He said race, not chase. Can't keep up that 70mph for too long
It only needs to keep it up long enough to catch you.
Unless you think arranging a race with a cheetah for bragging rights alone is an entirely realistic situation ๐
To my understanding, wild cheetahs aren't known to attack humans, being on the small and fragile side for big cats and going after smaller animals than an adult human generally, so being chased down by a cheetah isn't that likely either.
Curses. You know your cheetahs