SortStack #484 — 2027-10-06

By speed · Order from slowest to fastest.

1. A sea turtle cruising 3 km/h

   Sea turtles can hold their breath for hours while resting, slowing their heart to a beat every few minutes.

2. A swarming desert locust 14.5 km/h

   A single locust swarm can contain billions of insects and devour as much food in a day as tens of thousands of people.

3. A running roadrunner 32 km/h

   Real roadrunners prefer sprinting to flying and can kill rattlesnakes, far from the cartoon's gentle dodging.

4. A common swift in flight 113 km/h

   Swifts can stay airborne for nearly a year without landing, even sleeping on the wing high above the ground.

5. A peregrine falcon in a dive 410 km/h

   The peregrine is the fastest animal on Earth, diving so fast it has baffles in its nostrils to breathe.

6. 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.

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