I’m going to have to break some people’s hearts, and clear up a major misconception by dropping a bomb-shell about one of the world’s most beloved animals; the Cheetah’s top speed. It is “well-known” that cheetahs are the world’s fastest running animal, at 70 mph. In fact, I have quoted this universal number myself. But what is not well-known is that this number is an extrapolated assumption of the wild cheetah’s top speed. The actual recorded fastest speed of any cheetah does not approach 70 mph.
