SortStack #3536 — 2036-02-13
By speed · Order from slowest to fastest.
- A manatee cruising 4.3 km/h
Manatees are gentle plant-eaters so buoyant they use their heavy bones as ballast to keep from floating up.
- 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 running roadrunner 32 km/h
Real roadrunners prefer sprinting to flying and can kill rattlesnakes, far from the cartoon's gentle dodging.
- A charging black rhinoceros 54 km/h
A rhino's horn is made of keratin, the same material as your hair and nails, not bone.
- A swordfish 102 km/h
A swordfish has special organs that heat its eyes and brain, sharpening its vision in cold, deep water.
- 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.