0 Question: What is the fastest animal in the world? Keywords: animal, evolution, superlative Asked by Holly K to Arthur, Clare, Daniel, David, Tora on 18 Nov 2014.
Clare Harding answered on 18 Nov 2014:
I am going to vote for Paratarsotomus macropalpis.
This is an insect which can run at 0.5 mph. This doesn’t sound that fast but it is running 322 body lengths per second, if a human could do that it would run at over 1300 mph!
You can see picture of it here: http://www.sci-news.com/biology/science-mite-paratarsotomus-macropalpis-fastest-animal-01887.html
Be warned, its not as pretty as a cheetah but I think much cooler!
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