SortStack #1366 — 2030-03-06

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 sprinting cockroach 5.8 km/h

   A cockroach can survive for weeks without its head, breathing through tiny holes along its body.

3. A galloping zebra 66 km/h

   No two zebras have the same stripe pattern, which may help them recognise each other and confuse biting flies.

4. A Category 5 hurricane's winds 300 km/h

   A single mature hurricane can release more energy in a day than the world uses in electricity all year.

5. A Boeing 747 cruising 920 km/h

   The 747's hump exists because the cockpit was put on an upper deck so the nose could hinge open for cargo.

6. The land-speed record car 1.2K km/h

   ThrustSSC became the first car to break the sound barrier, its twin jet engines kicking up a desert dust storm.

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