Cheetah chases inspire researchers to make a biologically accurate video game

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Movement data from wild predator, prey encounters and controlled human catch-tag games have been combined to create realistic simulations of high-intensity movement dynamics and energetics, before being transformed into a publicly accessible video game. This game uses a citizen science approach to data collection and is helping to further our understanding of the role of movement decision-making and fatigue in life-or-death encounters.