SURERHEROES

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Superheroes Introduction: The 201 3 Olympics showed some pretty high speeds , but some animals can do much better than the famous sportsmen . ( about animals’ records)

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A cheetah can reach a top speed of 96-102 km/hour . Its spine is very flexible and bends up and down , giving its legs a longer stride . But such fast sprints are tiring and cheetahs quickly become very hot . After about 400 metres , they need a good rest .

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Both pumas and African leopards have been seen to jump 5,5 metres up into a tree .

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Sea snakes can dive 100 metres deep and stay under water for up to 5 hours . Some sea snakes can swim at the rate of 1 metres per second .

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Incredibly , the sablefish can swim faster than a cheetah can run . Its top speed is 109 km an hour .

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Squirrel monkeys sometimes leap straight into the air from the tree tops to catch insects . Sometimes these leaps are up to 60 meters .

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Mountain goats can climb incredibly steep slopes , jump from rock to rock and leap across dangerous ravines.

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The black mamba can reach speeds of 25 km per hour in short bursts . It races along with its head and the front of the body raised , mouth open and tongue flicking .

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The red kangaroos can jump over obstacles as high as 3 meters . Using their powerful hind legs , they can travel as far as 9 meters in one huge bound .

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Gibbons are extremely acrobatic . They can move through the trees faster than a man can run on the ground underneath . They can also walk along small branches high up in the air , like tightrope walkers .

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Elizaveta Sachenko Form 6, advanced learning of English Gymnazium 1 Komsomolsk- na - Amure Teacher: Tatyana Mikhailovna Nekrasova