SortStack #288 — 2027-03-24

By speed · Order from slowest to fastest.

1. A slowly marching sand dune 20161.8 mm/year

   Wind pushes desert dunes forward grain by grain, swallowing roads and even villages over the decades.

2. A honeybee in flight 22 km/h

   Bees communicate the direction of flowers by dancing, encoding distance and angle in their waggling moves.

3. A running spotted hyena 63 km/h

   Spotted hyenas are skilled hunters, not just scavengers, and live in matriarchal clans led by females.

4. A cheetah at full sprint 120 km/h

   A cheetah can go from a standstill to highway speed faster than most sports cars, but only for a few seconds.

5. The winds of a violent tornado 480 km/h

   The strongest tornado winds ever measured can strip bark from trees and drive straw into solid wood.

6. A volcanic pyroclastic flow 700 km/h

   A pyroclastic flow is a searing avalanche of gas and ash that buried Pompeii's residents almost instantly.

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