SortStack #442 — 2027-08-25
By speed · Order from slowest to fastest.
- A chameleon on the move 350 m/h
A chameleon's eyes swivel independently, so it can watch two directions at once before its slow, swaying steps.
- A giant tortoise 500 m/h
Giant tortoises can live over 150 years, ambling through more than a century of slow, steady days.
- A charging lion 83 km/h
Lions are the only big cats that live in groups, and a male's roar can be heard up to eight kilometres away.
- A luge slider 140 km/h
Luge athletes steer a tiny sled with subtle leg and shoulder pressure while lying on their backs, feet first.
- A racing snowmobile 190 km/h
Snowmobiles can cross frozen lakes so fast they sometimes skip right across patches of open water.
- A top-fuel dragster 540 km/h
A dragster covers a quarter mile in under four seconds, accelerating harder than a fighter jet off a carrier.