In short bursts, a lion or a cheetah can overtake it. But an ostrich can motor for 10 miles straight at a steady 30 miles an hourâfaster than Lance Armstrong in a time trial.Research biologist Jonas Rubenson of Northeastern University is one of several scientists eager to find out how they make it look so easy.n short bursts, a lion or a cheetah can overtake it. But an ostrich can motor for 10 miles straight at a steady 30 miles an hourâfaster than Lance Armstrong in a time trial.
View full sizeCleveland News fileGarrett Morgan, an inventor and part of Cleveland's black history, in 1949. As part of Black History Month, we remember Garrett Augustus Morgan, a Cleveland inventor and businessman best known for creating the modern-day gas mask and traffic light. Morgan, the son of former slaves, was born March 4, 1877. He moved to Cleveland in 1895 and was employed as a sewing machine repairman for a clothing manufacturer.
Richard Spikes was an African-American inventor created with  inventing the turn signal and the beer keg tap. Not a lot is known  about his personal life except that he was â¦ declared legally blind  in 1962, the same year he passed away. Answered.