A whippet can accelerate from a standstill to 56 kilometres per hour in just a few strides — not by running harder than other dogs, but by leaving the ground twice in every single stride

A whippet at full sprint looks less like an animal running than a spring being released. In a few strides, the small sighthound can surge from stillness to around 56 kilometres per hour, or about 35 miles per hour. That is not only because it is trying harder than other dogs. It is because, at [...] The post A whippet can accelerate from a standstill to 56 kilometres per hour in just a few strides — not by running harder than other dogs, but by leaving the ground twice in every single stride app