Speed of Animals

Blue Whale

Balaenoptera musculus
length weight top speed (swimming) feels like
30m 170t 50km/h 3km/h

The blue whale is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleen whales (called Mysticeti). At up to 32.9 metres (108 ft) in length and 172 metric tons (190 short tons) or more in weight, it is the largest animal ever to have existed.

Blue whales can reach speeds of 50 kilometres per hour (31 mph) over short bursts, usually when interacting with other whales, but 20 kilometres per hour (12 mph) is a more typical traveling speed. When feeding, they slow down to 5 kilometres per hour (3.1 mph).

Animals: land air water insect
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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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Balaenoptera musculus
top speed 50 km/h
feels like 3 km/h

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top speed 27 km/h
feels like 3.4 km/h

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top speed 48.3 km/h
feels like 15 km/h

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top speed 50 km/h
feels like 32.1 km/h

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striped marlin striped marlin
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swordfish swordfish
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