Why are cheetah's fast?

The spectacle of a cheetah running at full speed is art the anatomy and physique facilitating its speed and agility is genetic engineering at its best, the cheetah can accelerate from 0 - 60 mph in 3 seconds, making it the fastest land animal on the planet

The cheetah can accelerate from 0 - 60 mph in 3 seconds, making it the fastest land animal on the planet ... Like Bolt, the cheetah is a sprinter - not a long distance runner - and can only attain high speeds in short bursts due to the tremendous drain on its energy resources