Thread: Animal Speeds
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Old 30-06-2009, 12:28 AM
Tshewberrt Tshewberrt is offline
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Originally Posted by paul m View Post
However, a jumping flea is said to travel at 10 m/sec which I calculate as 360 kph .... not bad going from a standing start and it reaches that speed in 500th of a second. So if it's not the fastest animal then it certainly has the best acceleration.
10 m/s is equal to 36 km/h.
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