SortStack #3067 — 2034-11-01
By speed · Order from slowest to fastest.
- 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 gentoo penguin swimming 36 km/h
Gentoos are the fastest underwater birds, porpoising in and out of the water to breathe without slowing down.
- 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 common swift in flight 113 km/h
Swifts can stay airborne for nearly a year without landing, even sleeping on the wing high above the ground.
- A Bugatti Chiron at top speed 510 km/h
The Chiron is electronically limited; unleashed, its tyres would tear themselves apart from the sheer forces.