Green Options » Cheetah http://greenoptions.com/tag/cheetah Posts tagged 'Cheetah' Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:38:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Mimic The Movements Of Cheetahs With Pardo http://gas2.org/2009/11/19/mimic-the-movements-of-cheetahs-with-pardo/ http://gas2.org/2009/11/19/mimic-the-movements-of-cheetahs-with-pardo/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:38:13 +0000 Christopher DeMorro http://gas2.org/2009/11/19/mimic-the-movements-of-cheetahs-with-pardo/

As the fastest land animal on Earth, the cheetah is a beast often referred to in metaphors, and studied for its movements. Humans, as you may have noticed, have something of an obsession with speed. Many of us won’t give up that obsession, no matter how much climate change may endanger our future. Did I mention humans are stubborn as well?

Thus the quest for a fossil fuel free future brings about a lot of interesting, outlandish, and outright weird ideas. This one is one of the weirdest, and yet it may actually have a future of sorts. Its a tricycle designed to mimic the movement of a cheetah… and, apparently, it works.

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]]> http://gas2.org/2009/11/19/mimic-the-movements-of-cheetahs-with-pardo/feed/ Escaping Death: Faking It Worked for One Lucky Gazelle – Twice! http://ecoworldly.com/2009/08/28/faking-it-worked-for-one-lucky-gazelle-%e2%80%93-twice/ http://ecoworldly.com/2009/08/28/faking-it-worked-for-one-lucky-gazelle-%e2%80%93-twice/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:39:53 +0000 Jace Shoemaker-Galloway http://ecoworldly.com/2009/08/28/faking-it-worked-for-one-lucky-gazelle-%e2%80%93-twice/ Gazelle

Let’s face it - life can be hard in the jungle.  But one very lucky gazelle, who was quick on her feet, outsmarted predators and avoided certain death, twice.  Sometimes faking it may just be a life-saving decision after all!

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]]> http://ecoworldly.com/2009/08/28/faking-it-worked-for-one-lucky-gazelle-%e2%80%93-twice/feed/ Paris Hilton Wants To Buy A Cheetah – Why? http://ecoscraps.com/2008/04/09/paris-hilton-wants-to-buy-a-cheetah-why/ http://ecoscraps.com/2008/04/09/paris-hilton-wants-to-buy-a-cheetah-why/#comments Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:13:14 +0000 mcmilker http://ecoscraps.com/2008/04/09/paris-hilton-wants-to-buy-a-cheetah-why/ paris-shoe.jpg

 

The New York Daily News reports, in two different stories:

Paris Hilton puts her best foot forward with new shoe line

And

During a recent trip to South Africa. She asked how much (a cheetah she saw at an animal park) was and said,

“If I bought a cheetah, would it run away from me or could I keep it?”

Uh oh.

Why does she want the Cheetah?

Photos Courtesy: New York Daily News and The National Zoo

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