SortStack #3452 — 2035-11-21
By speed · Order from slowest to fastest.
- A person jogging 10.8 km/h
Humans are among the best endurance runners on Earth, able to outlast horses over very long distances in heat.
- 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.
- A sea lion swimming 38 km/h
Sea lions can be trained to detect underwater mines and even retrieve objects for navies.
- A racing bobsled 150 km/h
Bobsled crews sprint to shove the sled at the start, then leap in, as those first seconds decide the race.
- A golden eagle in a dive 245 km/h
A golden eagle can spot a rabbit from over three kilometres away, then fold its wings into a lethal stoop.
- A hypersonic missile 9.8K km/h
Hypersonic weapons fly so fast and low they are extremely hard to track and intercept in time.