At each animal on the planet the elements, someone swims, someone flies, someone moves in various ways on the ground. For some of them the speed does not play a large role, for others is the vital advantage. If to speak about the fastest runners, then a champion is the long-legged cheetah capable to gather speed to 115 km/h here.
50 km/h not a problem
Moving daily with quite small speed, many animals in case of danger can include special reserves of the organism and reach improbable indicators. So, a hare hare, running away from the predator pursuing him, it is capable to disperse to speed in 60 km/h that often saves it from teeth of a fox or wolf. Such speed is not available to these predators and helps a hare to escape, having remained safe and sound.However a hare - not the most quick runner on the planet. During the pursuit of an animal, the borzoi gathers speed to 64 km/h. It allows it to conduct prosecution of such fast animals as an elk who is capable to run with a speed up to 70 km/h.
Over 80 km/hThompson's gazelle is capable to run with a speed which is a little exceeding 80 km/h. It is necessary for it not to become a lunch for predators. The wildebeest who also tries to come off the persecutors with a speed of 80 km/h can be compared to it. Does not concede to them and the tsar of all animals – a lion. Its speed is comparable with speeds of a gazelle and antelope, but the cunning and heavy predator practically does not use it, preferring collective hunting and a careful podkradyvaniye to the production. The vintorogy antelope who can disperse to the speed of 100 km/h is distinguished from all these sprinters and keep it within several minutes, and after that about half an hour more move with a speed of 60 km/h. Strong hardy heart in many cases helps an antelope to leave the persecutors with anything. Among all representatives of fauna she would be a champion if not one more runner.
Champion
Cheetah - the most high-speed animal on the planet. He is capable to disperse about 115 km/h that is an absolute record. This predator is so prompt that everything in 2 seconds reaches speed in 70 km/h and already quietly is ahead in it practically of all representatives of fauna. A streamline silhouette of this wild cat, powerful paws, lack of fat deposits and convenient weight (in total about 50 kg) - ideal conditions for development of high speeds. But incredibly fast sprinter a cheetah is capable to run at great speed no more than 15 seconds then it needs considerable time to restore the forces. Here for what this predator needs precipitancy as if from the first attempt the cheetah does not catch up with the production, then it is possible to wait for the second very long. If the victim managed not to be fallen into clutches to an animal the first half-minute, the cheetah will not pursue it, it just will not have for it forces.