SortStack #2626 — 2033-08-17
By speed · Order from slowest to fastest.
- A running roadrunner 32 km/h
Real roadrunners prefer sprinting to flying and can kill rattlesnakes, far from the cartoon's gentle dodging.
- A polar bear running 40 km/h
A polar bear's skin is actually black under its clear, hollow fur, helping it soak up the Arctic sun.
- 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 golf ball off the driver 340 km/h
A driven golf ball can briefly spin thousands of times a minute, which is what makes it climb and hold the air.
- A peregrine falcon in a dive 410 km/h
The peregrine is the fastest animal on Earth, diving so fast it has baffles in its nostrils to breathe.
- 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.