The Worlds Fastest Land Animal, Revealed: How fast can you run? A new study reveals that the worlds fastest animal relative to its body size is a small Southern California mite. The little creature can travel 322 body lengths in a second, which researchers say would equate to 1,300 miles per hour for a human. They say by comparison, a cheetah tops out at about 16 body lengths per second, or roughly 70 miles per hour. To find this, researchers used a high-speed camera to study how quickly different animals moved. The mite beat out the Australian tiger beetle, which previously held the record for the fastest relative speed. - D. & J.
Posted on: Mon, 05 May 2014 15:00:51 +0000
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