To exercise their cheetahs and to show their visitors the enormous speed explosion of these big cats, they developed the Cheetah Run in San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Daily at 15.30 hrs (weather permitting) a cheetah will dash on a 100-meter-long track that allows it to really stretch its legs and reach an incredible speed. The cheetah chases a mechanical lure attached to its favourite toy, in this case a toy zebra. It goes from 0 to about 110 kilometer per hour in just 4 seconds. As a reward the cheetah gets a treat (meat) at the end of the track when the toy magically disappears in the box. Due to the enormous energy boost required for the chase the animal is exhausted and over-heated. After a cooling down period the zookeepers try if the cheetah is willing to give it another go -- sometimes it will, sometimes not. The video gives an impression of what you may expect, but I recommend that you will go see it yourself, Live!