cheetah• A slowgazelle might never be unlucky enough to meet a cheetah, but a slow cheetah that never catches anything dies.• The averagecheetah will change over the centuries, just like the meanannualrainfall changes.• Gazelles are not trying to eatcheetahs, they are trying to avoid being eaten by cheetahs.• It is like the gazelle running faster than other gazelles rather than running faster than cheetahs.• Sprint and jink though the gazelle may, there is nothing to deflect the cheetah from the chase.• So the downside is greater for the cheetah.• Those are the moments when the cheetah can creep slowly forward.
Origincheetah
(1700-1800)Hindicita, from Sanskritcitrakaya“tiger”, from citra“bright” + kaya“body”