Subject: RE: Tell me something I don't know..Samyg - 2012-06-01 11:14 AM Althought the Cheeta is widely considered the fastest land animal (@ ~70 mph), the Pronghorn Antelope can sustain 60 mph speeds much longer than a cheetah due to its larger heart and lung. Thus the antelope makes for a better triathlete, although bike fitting might be a pain. Some more info about the pronghorn - they are great runners, but not very good jumpers. Jumping is not an innate ability with the pronghorn like it is with deer. When confronted with a fence, the great majority of pronghorn will attempt to go under it, as opposed to over. It is believed that they only learn to jump over a fence by watching other animals (deer) do it. |