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Animal athletes: a performance review
Author(s) -
Sharp N. C. Craig
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.e4966
Subject(s) - athletes , range (aeronautics) , human animal , veterinary medicine , medicine , biology , engineering , physical therapy , ecology , livestock , aerospace engineering
Major sporting events such as the Olympic Games highlight extraordinary human athletic achievements, performed by the extreme physical outliers of our species. However, there is a range of animal performance that goes far beyond these, both in the wild and in selectively bred ‘sports animals’ such as the racehorse, racing camel, greyhound, sled‐dog and racing pigeon. In this selective review, Craig Sharp assesses how human beings measure up in the animal athletic stakes.