SortStack #498 — 2027-10-20

By speed · Order from slowest to fastest.

1. A garden snail 50 m/h

   A snail can sleep for up to three years during droughts, sealing itself inside its shell until rain returns.

2. A foraging ant 800 m/h

   Ants leave scent trails so nestmates can retrace the exact path to food, like an invisible chemical map.

3. A crawling baby 1.4 km/h

   Babies often invent their own crawling styles, from the classic hands-and-knees to a one-legged commando shuffle.

4. A migrating monarch butterfly 8 km/h

   Monarchs migrate thousands of kilometres to the same forests their great-grandparents left, guided by instinct alone.

5. A polar bear running 40 km/h

   A polar bear's skin is actually black under its clear, hollow fur, helping it soak up the Arctic sun.

6. A Formula 1 car at top speed 372 km/h

   An F1 car generates so much downforce it could, in theory, drive upside down on a ceiling at speed.

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