SortStack #3305 — 2035-06-27
By speed · Order from slowest to fastest.
- A crawling baby 1.4 km/h
Babies often invent their own crawling styles, from the classic hands-and-knees to a one-legged commando shuffle.
- 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.
- A yellowfin tuna 73 km/h
Tuna are warm-blooded among mostly cold-blooded fish, letting their muscles fire faster for high-speed chases.
- A swordfish 102 km/h
A swordfish has special organs that heat its eyes and brain, sharpening its vision in cold, deep water.
- A record badminton smash 565 km/h
The shuttlecock is the fastest object in any racket sport, though it decelerates almost as quickly as it launches.
- 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.