"Then imitate the action of the tiger:
Stiffen the sinews, conjure up the blood,
Disguise fair nature with hard-favoured rage:
Then lend the eye a terrible aspect; . . . .
Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide;
Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit to his full height . . ."
––William Shakespeare:Henry V, 3.1
Even Cheetahs wake slowly, before they “stand like greyhounds in the slips”.