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Cheetahs Combine Head Pitch Stabilisation with Predictive Yaw Tracking during High-speed Pursuit
Shengyang Zhuang, Kamryn Norton, Jiahe Yu…·Amir Patel
This study analyzes head orientation strategies in cheetahs during high-speed pursuit, finding that head pitch is stabilized relative to the target while head yaw predicts the target's future position.
DOI 10.64898/2026.09.03.748592