The secret was unexpectedly behind the speed of jaguar: 100km / h

The speed is too terrible, but most importantly the jaguar still retains its extremely sensitive observation ability when moving at such speeds.

Jaguar has always been considered a species (counting only the "running" animals).

At some point, they can reach speeds of up to 90-100 km / h, on par with a human motorcycle. And more importantly, they can hunt at such speeds - behavior that requires extreme sensitivity.

At some point, they can reach speeds of up to 90-100km / h.

But the secret behind this speed is, science has long had a headache to learn. As with humans, we don't have a good body to download such speeds. Even when driving directly, speed too quickly makes us dizzy dizzy, easy to lose balance.

However, according to a recent study from the American Museum of Natural History, scientists have found the secret behind the jaguar speed of the jaguar. Accordingly, jaguars have a specially designed inner ear, allowing them to balance when running at high speeds.

To reach this conclusion, the team had to use the highest-resolution tomography technology to scan the skull of 21 cats. Seven of them are jaguars today, and at least one belongs to an extinct species from 126,000 years ago, the rest are other cats.

Experts also use 3D rendering technology to recreate the ear shape of the newspaper. As a result, the inner ear of the newspaper has very different characteristics compared to ordinary cat species, such as tigers, lions .

"This special design increases the sensitivity and speed of reaction when moving the head. That's why the newspaper still has a stable vision when hunting at such" terrible "speeds" - quoted John Flynn, research author.

Another author, Camille Grohé, said: "If we observe newspapers running through slow-motion movies, we will see a series of terrifying moves: from the legs, back, the whole muscle is moved with extreme force. strong".

"But the head is almost motionless."

Basically, jaguars are not too strong, so they have to resort to speed to be different.

Thanks to the special inner ear structure, jaguar can maintain the vision and running extremely well when moving at speeds up to nearly 100km / h.

"Up to the present time, no one has officially investigated the inner ear structure of the leopard with their superior predatory ability."

"We found that in their ears there is a separation between the motor system and the speed sensing system" - Grohé explained.

According to Grohé, this is an adaptation to compete with other animals since ancient times. Basically, jaguars are not too strong, so they have to resort to speed to be different.

The study is published in Scientific Reports.