SortStack #2444 — 2033-02-16
By speed · Order from slowest to fastest.
- A crawling slug 30 m/h
A slug glides on a ribbon of self-made slime, which lets it cross even a razor's edge unharmed.
- A chameleon on the move 350 m/h
A chameleon's eyes swivel independently, so it can watch two directions at once before its slow, swaying steps.
- 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.
- A wild boar running 45 km/h
Wild boars are spreading across the globe, rooting up so much soil they reshape entire ecosystems.
- The X-15 rocket plane 7.3K km/h
The X-15 flew to the edge of space, and several of its pilots earned astronaut wings without leaving a runway.
- The International Space Station in orbit 28K km/h
The station circles Earth so fast its crew sees about 16 sunrises and sunsets every single day.