Speed of Animals

White-throated Needletail

Hirundapus caudacutus
wingspan weight top speed (flying) feels like
1'2" 1.1oz 105.6mph 500.4mph

The White-throated Needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus), also known as Needle-tailed Swift or Spine-tailed Swift, is a large swift. It is the fastest-flying bird in flapping flight, being capable of 170 km/h (105mph), faster than other swifts.

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Graph: top speed feels like

Imagine what it's like for a tiny insect to jump and fly as quickly as they do. They might cover 40 body lengths in a second. To a six-foot person that's 164 mph. This site tries to understand how it feels to move like a fly, a squirrel, a cat, a rhinocerous, or a falcon.

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Site concept, design, and creation by Alex Reisner. Source code and original content available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 license. Animal descriptions are from Wikipedia and some silhouettes are from All Silhouettes.