SortStack #3340 — 2035-08-01
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 scurrying hedgehog 6.4 km/h
A startled hedgehog rolls into a tight ball, raising up to 6,000 spines that few predators dare to bite.
- A powerful soccer free kick 132 km/h
A well-struck free kick can swerve in mid-air as spin and airflow bend its path around a defensive wall.
- A car cruising the German autobahn 200 km/h
Parts of Germany's autobahn have no speed limit, where ordinary sedans legally travel faster than racetracks allow elsewhere.
- A helicopter at top speed 290 km/h
A helicopter's top speed is capped because the blade tips would approach the sound barrier and lose lift.
- A fired shotgun slug 1.9K km/h
A shotgun slug is a single heavy projectile that turns a scattergun into a short-range, hard-hitting rifle.