Animal athletes: a performance review
- Centre for Sports BVMS, PhD, DSc, FIBiol, FBASES, FPEAUK, MRCVS, Medicine and Human Performance, Brunel University, London UB8 3PH, UK
- e-mail: c.sharp90{at}btinternet.com
Major sporting events such as the Olympic Games highlight extraordinary human athletic achievements, performed by the extreme physical outliers of our species. However, there is a range of animal performance that goes far beyond these, both in the wild and in selectively bred ‘sports animals’ such as the racehorse, racing camel, greyhound, sled-dog and racing pigeon. In this selective review, Craig Sharp assesses how human beings measure up in the animal athletic stakes.
- British Veterinary Association
