A cheetah will back down from a lion, leopard, or hyena - but have been known to kill individual (not packs) African Wild Dogs. A man vs. cheetah altercation would likely result in serious injuries to the human, but if they know how to handle themselves, likely also the death of the cheetah.
Rare attacks have occurred in China. It is possible for humans to win a fight against a leopard, as in the case of a 56-year-old woman who killed an attacking leopard with a sickle and spade, and survived with heavy injuries, and the case of a 73-year-old man in Kenya who fatally tore the tongue out of a leopard.
Currently, the world's fastest human being is Jamaican Usain Bolt. He set the world record in the 100-meter dash in 2009 with a blistering time of only 9.58 seconds. That equates to a speed of just over 23 miles per hour. That's fast, but it's no match for the cheetah!
Lions, leopards, and hyenas will try to prey upon cheetah, particularly cheetah cubs. Because they are so fast, adult cheetahs are difficult to catch.
Who Would Win in a Fight Between a Human and a Kangaroo? A kangaroo would win a fight against a human being. A human being might have a weight advantage or even a height advantage in extreme cases, but a kangaroo has deadly biological tools in the form of its claws that can easily kill humans.
Experts say the idea that a human can best a chimp in a fight is sorely mistaken. According to a 2017 study published in the journal PNAS, chimpanzees are 1.5 times stronger than a strapping human and contain about twice the amount of "fast-twitch" muscle fibers as we do.
One animal that cheetahs are more afraid of is hyenas. Hyenas have strong bites that can easily crush the bones of any other animal, including cheetahs, and this scares cheetahs the most.
In Conclusion. Cheetah chasing its prey. As you can see, only birds can outpace a cheetah. When diving, the peregrine falcon may reach speeds of up to 242 mph, making it both the fastest bird and the fastest animal.
Usain Bolt runs similarly, well known for his ability to sprint over very short distances. While his 100m and 200m runs broke world records, this distance is much shorter than even the shortest distance of a sprinting cheetah. In terms of speed alone, the cheetah reigns supreme.
Cheetahs are built for speed, but they cannot outrun a poacher's bullet. 90 percent of the cheetah population has disappeared from the wild over the last century, and conservation experts warn that cheetah populations continue to collapse in the wild, in large part due to poaching.
But did you know that humans can leave them in the dust? At least, in the long run. That's right, when it comes to endurance, we can outrun wolves, cheetahs, and even horses.
If you encounter an aggressive lion, stare him down. But not a leopard; avoid his gaze at all costs. In both cases, back away slowly; don't run.
Jaguars are naturally shy and will avoid human interactions.
No, an unarmed human could not beat a lion in a fight.
Even if a human came upon a sleeping lion, their chances of killing it would be laughably small. Humans aren't going to knock out a lion with a kick or punch in one shot. They're also not going to strangle a lion to death.
In a tradeoff for having various adaptations needed for rapid acceleration to pursue prey, such as a reduced muzzle and smaller skull size, cheetahs have weak jaws and smaller canine teeth compared to other large cats. This leaves cheetahs vulnerable when it comes to defending captured prey from other larger predators.
Hyenas may be on somewhat equal footing with cheetahs, but unless they vastly outnumber lions, the so-called king of the jungle will easily kill them. In this video, a rather bold hyena comes sniffing around two cheetahs lying in the grass.
According to an African legend, the marks originated from a female cheetah who cried for months for her missing cubs. Her tears formed two permanent tear marks which were passed on to her new cubs.
— Greyhounds can beat cheetahs in a race. While cheetahs can run twice as fast as greyhounds, they can only maintain that 70 mph speed for about thirty seconds. A Greyhound can maintain a 35 mph speed for about seven miles.
The peregrine falcon is the fastest bird, and the fastest member of the animal kingdom, with a diving speed of 389 km/h (242 mph). The fastest land animal is the cheetah. Among the fastest animals in the sea is the black marlin, with uncertain and conflicting reports of recorded speeds.
An unarmed human could not beat a wolf in a fight.
Wolves are too strong, fast, and ferocious for a person to overcome in the vast majority of cases. They are not merely big dogs. Wolves are apex predators that would make any lone person recoil in fear should they encounter one in the wild.