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List of animals by speed Rank Animal Maximum speed Class Notes 1 Peregrine falcon: 389 km/h (242 mph) 108 m/s (354 ft/s) [1] [7] Flight-diving The peregrine falcon is the fastest aerial animal, fastest animal in flight, fastest bird, and the overall fastest member of the animal kingdom. The peregrine falcon achieves its highest velocity not in ...
A speed record is a world record for speed by a person, animal, or vehicle. The function of speed record is to record the speed of moving animate objects such as humans, animals or vehicles. The function of speed record is to record the speed of moving animate objects such as humans, animals or vehicles.
The time for the race was not only a record, it was the fastest 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles on dirt in history, 2:24 flat, breaking by more than two seconds the track and stakes record of 2:26 3 ⁄ 5 set 16 years earlier by Gallant Man. [77] Secretariat's record still stands as an American record on the dirt. [81]
This will show notable individual animals who have a record in the Guinness World Records or had in the past. Pages in category "Animal world record holders" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total.
The mite has been recorded at a speed of 322 body lengths per second (0.225 m/s (0.50 mph)). [3] This is far in excess of the previous record holder, the Australian tiger beetle Rivacindela hudsoni, the fastest insect in the world relative to body size, which has been recorded at 1.86 m/s (4.2 mph) or 171 body lengths per second. [7]
Susan Howlet Butcher (December 26, 1954 – August 5, 2006) was an American dog musher, noteworthy as the second woman to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in 1986, the second four-time winner in 1990, and the first to win four out of five sequential years.
National Geographic magazine, National Geographic Films World's Fastest Animal Sarah , also known as Sahara , ( c. 2001–January 22, 2016) was a female South African cheetah ( Acinonyx jubatus jubatus ) that lived in the Cincinnati Zoo [ 1 ] in Cincinnati , Ohio .
Guinness World Records states several types of records it will not accept for ethical reasons, such as those related to the killing or harming of animals. [64] In the 2006 Guinness Book of World Records, Colombian serial killer Pedro López was listed as the "most prolific serial killer", having murdered at least 110 people (with Lopez himself ...