SortStack #2542 — 2033-05-25
By speed · Order from slowest to fastest.
- A three-toed sloth 240 m/h
Sloths move so slowly that algae grows in their fur, giving them a greenish camouflage in the canopy.
- A mosquito in flight 2.4 km/h
Only female mosquitoes bite; they need a blood meal to develop their eggs, while males sip flower nectar.
- 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 galloping wildebeest 92 km/h
Over a million wildebeest migrate in a giant loop each year, a journey so vast it is visible from space.
- A speeding hovercraft 145 km/h
A hovercraft floats on a cushion of trapped air, gliding equally well over water, land, ice and mud.
- A downhill speed skier 255 km/h
Speed skiers tuck into an egg shape and wear airfoil helmets, accelerating faster than a free-falling skydiver.