SortStack #3011 — 2034-09-06

By speed · Order from slowest to fastest.

1. A striking barracuda 42 km/h

   Barracudas can lunge in sudden bursts to ambush prey, sometimes mistaking a swimmer's shiny jewellery for fish.

2. A bottlenose dolphin 60 km/h

   Dolphins sleep with half their brain at a time, keeping one eye open to breathe and watch for danger.

3. A speeding hovercraft 145 km/h

   A hovercraft floats on a cushion of trapped air, gliding equally well over water, land, ice and mud.

4. A racing snowmobile 190 km/h

   Snowmobiles can cross frozen lakes so fast they sometimes skip right across patches of open water.

5. An arrow loosed from a bow 230 km/h

   A modern compound bow uses pulleys to store huge energy, launching an arrow with deadly accuracy.

6. A missile warhead on re-entry 24K km/h

   An intercontinental missile arcs into space before plunging back down, its warhead glowing from the friction.

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