SortStack #1429 — 2030-05-08
By speed · Order from slowest to fastest.
- A manatee cruising 4.3 km/h
Manatees are gentle plant-eaters so buoyant they use their heavy bones as ballast to keep from floating up.
- A housefly in flight 6.8 km/h
A housefly tastes with its feet, so it can decide whether something is food the moment it lands on it.
- An electric scooter 25 km/h
Shared e-scooters exploded across cities in just a few years, becoming a common sight on sidewalks worldwide.
- A leaping blue marlin 108 km/h
Marlins can change colour when excited, their stripes lighting up electric blue during a hunt.
- A powerful soccer free kick 132 km/h
A well-struck free kick can swerve in mid-air as spin and airflow bend its path around a defensive wall.
- A fast cricket delivery 161 km/h
The fastest bowlers can make the ball rise off the pitch toward a batter's head in a fraction of a second.