SortStack #2290 — 2032-09-15
By speed · Order from slowest to fastest.
- A gray squirrel 19.5 km/h
Squirrels plant thousands of trees by accident, forgetting where they buried many of the nuts they hid.
- A charging black rhinoceros 54 km/h
A rhino's horn is made of keratin, the same material as your hair and nails, not bone.
- A racing greyhound 76 km/h
Greyhounds reach their top speed in just a few strides and spend much of a sprint completely airborne.
- A Cessna light aircraft 220 km/h
The Cessna 172 is the most-produced plane in history and the trainer that taught millions of pilots to fly.
- A record tennis serve 270 km/h
The fastest serves leave the racket so quickly the returner must react before the ball has even crossed the net.
- A meteor entering the atmosphere 50K km/h
Most shooting stars are no bigger than a grain of sand, burning up bright from sheer speed alone.