SortStack #946 — 2029-01-10
By speed · Order from slowest to fastest.
- 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.
- A koala on the run 30 km/h
Koalas sleep up to 22 hours a day because their eucalyptus diet is so low in energy and mildly toxic.
- A sea lion swimming 38 km/h
Sea lions can be trained to detect underwater mines and even retrieve objects for navies.
- A domestic cat at full sprint 49 km/h
A house cat can outsprint many dogs over short distances, but tires quickly after the burst.
- A car cruising the German autobahn 200 km/h
Parts of Germany's autobahn have no speed limit, where ordinary sedans legally travel faster than racetracks allow elsewhere.
- A golden eagle in a dive 245 km/h
A golden eagle can spot a rabbit from over three kilometres away, then fold its wings into a lethal stoop.