For these wildlife athletes, speed, endurance and agility are a
matter of life and death Human Olympians have amazing physical
abilities, but for wild animals, strength, speed, agility and
endurance are a matter of survival. Here are some animal
"Olympians" with gold medal-worthy abilities--vote for your
favorite in our poll below! This member of the weasel family
would be a real contender in the bobsled or luge competition.
Known for their playfulness, otters often repeatedly slide down
natural mud or ice chutes that they create along riverbanks,
seemingly just for the fun of it. Bears sometimes slide down
snowy hillsides for fun too, but they’d only get the silver
medal if they were up against slippery river otters. Read about
the Southwest's missing otters. Cheetah and Pronghorn The
fastest animal on the planet is the cheetah, which can run at
speeds over 60 miles per hour. But even that doesn’t always
ensure that this big cat gets a meal. The gazelles and other
small antelope that are the cheetah’s main p