SortStack #3627 — 2036-05-14

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 galloping racehorse 88 km/h

   All thoroughbred racehorses descend from just three stallions imported to England centuries ago.

4. A golf ball off the driver 340 km/h

   A driven golf ball can briefly spin thousands of times a minute, which is what makes it climb and hold the air.

5. A peregrine falcon in a dive 410 km/h

   The peregrine is the fastest animal on Earth, diving so fast it has baffles in its nostrils to breathe.

6. A bullet from a .357 Magnum 1.5K km/h

   A supersonic bullet creates a tiny sonic boom, which is part of the sharp crack you hear from a gunshot.

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