SortStack #1065 — 2029-05-09

By speed · Order from slowest to fastest.

1. 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.

2. A running pig 17 km/h

   Pigs are smarter than dogs by many measures, able to learn their names and even play simple video games.

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 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.

5. 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.

6. The speed of sound at sea level 1.2K km/h

   Sound travels faster in warm air than cold, so a thunderclap's timing shifts slightly with the weather.

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