If we move away from human beings to animals, there is something to emulate from the cheetah. Everybody knows that the cheetah is the fastest of all land animals. It can reach speeds between 112 kilometres per hour (70 mph) and 120 kilometres per hour (75 mph) in short bursts up to 460 metres (500 yd). It has the ability to accelerate from 0 to 110 kilometres per hour (68 mph) in three seconds, faster than most super cars. Yet, if the cheetah goes hunting 100 times, on the average, it succeeds in catching its prey only 50 out of those 100 times. Why does such a speed machine have such a low (50 per cent) success rate? The cheetah is made in such a way that when it runs so fast, its body temperature rises so high that the cheetah could die if it continues. So it knows that its ability to feed depends on its speed. The cheetah cannot start a chase unless it has stalked its prey to within 10 metres, and must end the chase within a minute, whether successful or unsuccessful. If it fails to...
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