SortStack #3361 — 2035-08-22

By speed · Order from slowest to fastest.

1. The drift of a tectonic plate 21.9 mm/year

   Plates move about as fast as your fingernails grow, yet over millions of years they have rearranged whole continents.

2. A foraging ant 800 m/h

   Ants leave scent trails so nestmates can retrace the exact path to food, like an invisible chemical map.

3. A swarming desert locust 14.5 km/h

   A single locust swarm can contain billions of insects and devour as much food in a day as tens of thousands of people.

4. A wild boar running 45 km/h

   Wild boars are spreading across the globe, rooting up so much soil they reshape entire ecosystems.

5. A racing greyhound 76 km/h

   Greyhounds reach their top speed in just a few strides and spend much of a sprint completely airborne.

6. A top-fuel dragster 540 km/h

   A dragster covers a quarter mile in under four seconds, accelerating harder than a fighter jet off a carrier.

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