The world is full of animals, all running, jumping, hiding, crawling, flying, and digging. If you could see them all from space it would probably look like a ball of jumping beans. If beans could jump. But everyone moves at their own pace, some with jaw-dropping speed, some...not so much.
For comparison, the pathetic human being can reach a blazing speed of 4.1 mph in water. Ouch. Swordfish put us to shame, gliding along at a smooth and confident 68 mph.
On land, we do slightly better, leaping to maximum of 24 mph. Hey, at least we are faster than a snail, who cruises through life at 0.000362 mph. Plenty of time to stop and smell the roses!Even the behemoths leave us in the dust: elephants can run 25 mph in the open and a charging rhino barrels down at 30 mph. We'd have even worse luck with a hungry cheetah who would be whipping past at 70 mph.
No one can hold a candle, though, to the frigate bird. These adrenaline junkies can dive at 260 mph. See ya later, Earnhardt!
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A hamster can reach speeds up to 150 mph when faced with my hand reaching into his diabolical cage.
ROFLMAO!! Yes, I have verified this to be true as well. Possums can also go up to 25 mph when running along the road shoulder in front of your car.