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  2. Fastest animals - Wikipedia

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    It is the fastest mammal in the world and one of the fastest flying animals on level flight. Cheetah: 109.4–120.7 km/h (68.0–75.0 mph) [d] The cheetah can accelerate from 0 to 96.6 km/h (60.0 mph) in under three seconds, [58] though endurance is limited: most cheetahs run for only 60 seconds at a time. [19]

  3. Tiny California mite sets record as world's fastest land animal

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    The title of "fastest land animal" doesn't belong to the cheetah or Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt -- instead, it goes to a tinier creature. Much tinier. Like, the size of a sesame seed. Samuel ...

  4. Terrestrial locomotion - Wikipedia

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    Animals will use different gaits for different speeds, terrain, and situations. For example, horses show four natural gaits, the slowest horse gait is the walk, then there are three faster gaits which, from slowest to fastest, are the trot, the canter, and the gallop. Animals may also have unusual gaits that are used occasionally, such as for ...

  5. Orders of magnitude (speed) - Wikipedia

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    The top speed of the world's fastest roller coaster, Formula Rossa. 90: 320: 200: 3 × 10 −7: Typical speed of a modern high-speed train (e.g. latest generation of production TGV); a diving peregrine falcon—fastest bird; 320 km/h or 200 mph is a parameter sometimes used in defining a supercar. [15] 91: 328: 204: 3.04 × 10 −7

  6. List of birds by flight speed - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of the fastest flying birds in the world. A bird's velocity is necessarily variable; a hunting bird will reach much greater speeds while diving to catch prey than when flying horizontally. The bird that can achieve the greatest airspeed is the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), able to exceed 320 km/h (200 mph) in its dives.

  7. Cheetah - Wikipedia

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    Documentary video filmed at 1200 frames per second showing the movement of Sarah, the fastest recorded cheetah, over a set run The cheetah is the world's fastest land animal. [ 92 ] [ 93 ] Estimates of the maximum speed attained range from 80 to 128 km/h (50 to 80 mph).

  8. Peregrine falcon - Wikipedia

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    It can reach over 320 km/h (200 mph) during its characteristic hunting stoop (high-speed dive), [4] making it the fastest animal on the planet. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] According to a National Geographic TV program, the highest measured speed of a peregrine falcon is 389 km/h (242 mph).

  9. Mini farm animals are adorable. There's also a growing ... - AOL

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    Platforms like YouTube and especially TikTok have played an important part in raising the profile of mini farm animals, said Martin Fysh, a vice president and divisional merchandising manager for ...