Could a domestic cat outrun Bolt on 100 meters?

Hmmmmmmm wrote:

catdog wrote:

Bolt takes about 6 seconds to achieve top speed. A cheetah can hit top speed in about 4 seconds so i would think it would only take half as long for a cat.

The cat would be way ahead at 50 meters. The only question is how long it can sustain the speed.

I'm not sure a cat has better acceleration or the same acceleration but a lower top speed, than a cheetah.

I think it would take the cat about the same as Bolt to hit top speed.

Nonsense. They are on 4 legs are light and have inbuilt spikes and will teach top speed in 3 seconds. They don't have to get up to 60mph like a cheetah so may reach it quicker if anything ..

It's a no contest

The cat would false-start repeatedly, so Bolt would win by default

Pvssy Galore wrote:

Here's a cat failing to catch a squirrel. It looks like it spends a lot of time on the couch but watch its alarmingly fast acceleration and turning speed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqJqZ12cEd0

From this video we can conclude that if the cat lost to Bolt it would immediately go into nonchalance mode ("That did not just happen, nothing to see here...")

Humans don't need to outrun cats if their balls are big enough (go to 8:25 for tldw;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo2dxfx-eq4

Bad Wigins wrote:

Humans don't have to outsprint other animals because they evolved to use the spear, or as the animals call it, the "long fang."

The spear has been around for more than 10 times as long as modern humans. Our wrist bones changed shape from apelike so we could grip spears better. The animals had no chance and ran away, so we developed endurance to be able to catch them.

Through the Neanderthal era, humans only used stabbing spears. Modern humans evolved further to be able to throw spears, making it practical to hunt animals by ambush as well as persistence. This greatly impressed the wolves, many of whom decided the game was up and joined us as dogs. They celebrate this great compact with the stick-to-bird ritual they are always nagging us to perform.

I think a greyhound would do pretty good in that 100m,.

It’s amazing how much freshman in college level information you absorb and then transform and regurgitate on this message board. It’s almost like you tried to major in everything, only to decide to change your mind once you got to upper division coursework. Or maybe you didn’t go to college at all and you think it makes you seem cultured to have so many strange responses to so many different topics so you just browse reddit and other similar sites in order to maintain an “informed” persona when really you’re just a troll who never grew outside of the first message board he found.

That's a bit harsh, I thought what he wrote was interesting!

track chick wrote:

That's a bit harsh, I thought what he wrote was interesting!

Agree. Maybe BW is just naturally curious and likes to read up a bit on things that are interesting.

I can only speak for my cat George, but I'm gonna say that when the gun goes off most likely George would either run the opposite direction or start licking his butt. Therefore I'd say no.

I think that cats are those creatures who can always surprise you! I'm not sure whether there are studies on that or not, but I've read many stories on this blog https://catlicking.com about cats doing crazy things, including running really fast and competing with other animals! So, coming back to your question, YES, your cat can run faster than the bolt, but this depends on the health condition and the circumstances. The bigger the stress is for the cat, the faster it will run, lol. I hope that makes things clear!