SortStack #1212 — 2029-10-03

By speed · Order from slowest to fastest.

1. A slowly marching sand dune 20161.8 mm/year

   Wind pushes desert dunes forward grain by grain, swallowing roads and even villages over the decades.

2. A Komodo dragon walking 4.8 km/h

   The largest lizard alive, it has venom glands and a bite that can topple prey far larger than itself.

3. A gray squirrel 19.5 km/h

   Squirrels plant thousands of trees by accident, forgetting where they buried many of the nuts they hid.

4. A cheetah at full sprint 120 km/h

   A cheetah can go from a standstill to highway speed faster than most sports cars, but only for a few seconds.

5. The motorcycle land-speed record 640 km/h

   Streamlined record bikes look like rockets on wheels, with the rider lying flat inside a sealed shell.

6. An F-22 Raptor at top speed 2.4K km/h

   The Raptor can supercruise, flying faster than sound without afterburners, sipping less fuel as it streaks along.

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