One in 50 males assume they might beat a horse in a 100 meter dash, in response to analysis.
Different animals they assume might outpace embody crocodiles (27 per cent) and elephants (20 per cent).
One other 11 % reckon they might outsprint a home cat over 10 meters – even when it caught them up earlier than the ultimate 100 have been up.
However ladies have been extra more likely to admit they’d lose a race to a non-human creature than males.
A spokesperson for freebets.com, which commissioned the analysis forward of the Grand Nationwide, mentioned: “Individuals possibly overestimate themselves.
“Because the Grand Nationwide approaches, it’s attention-grabbing to see so many males reckon they’ve bought it in them to outsprint a horse.
“The quickest horse ever recorded managed a pace of greater than 40mph – it’s price remembering Usain Bolt’s quickest ever pace was 27.78mph, earlier than you go difficult one in your nearest area.”
The examine went on to seek out 11 % of the two,000 adults polled estimate they might get across the whole Grand Nationwide course – of 4 miles, 514 yards – in lower than 10 minutes.
The course document because it stands was set at eight minutes and 47 seconds, by Mr Frisk way back to 1990.
Just below three in 10 (28 per cent) have additionally been out and about, clocked an animal and thought to themselves ‘I might outrun that’.
And greater than a tenth (11 per cent) have tried to do exactly that, the OnePoll analysis discovered.
These embody showdowns with canines (61 per cent), cats (26 per cent) and even goats (19 per cent).
And whereas 60 % are comfortable to confess they have been soundly crushed, 26 % thought of themselves winners, and 14 % known as it an honorable draw.
The remainder of the animal kingdom can also be up for difficult, as 22 per cent of adults are assured they might raise a chimpanzee off the bottom, regardless of them weighing as much as 60kg.
And 18 per cent would again themselves to beat one in an arm-wrestling match – rising to 26 per cent of males, and simply 11 per cent of ladies.
As 72 % of all respondents admitted males usually tend to consider they might beat an animal in a feat of power, than ladies.
The spokesperson for Freebets [ added: “It’s fascinating how assured individuals will be relating to taking up the animal kingdom.
“Whether or not it’s outrunning a cheetah, outswimming a dolphin, or wrestling a bear, we are likely to overestimate our personal skills and underestimate the sheer energy, pace, and endurance of nature’s best athletes.
“Whereas we would have a aggressive spirit, the truth is that the majority animals are constructed for survival in methods we merely aren’t.”
15 ANIMALS BRITS RECKON THEY COULD BEAT IN A 100 METER RACE:
1. Crocodile
2. Elephant
3. Hippopotamus
4. Rabbit
5. Goat
6. Home cat
7. Swarm of bees
8. Mongoose
9. Kangaroo
10. Cheetah
11. Ostrich
12. Fox
13. Deer
14. Zebra
15. Horse
