Speed of Animals

Thomson's gazelle

Eudorcas thomsoni
length weight top speed (running) feels like
2'7" 44.1lb 40.4mph 90.9mph

Thomson’s gazelles are 51 to 67 cm (20 to 26 in) tall and weigh 13–24 kg (29-40 lb) (females), 17-29 kg (males). They have light brown coats with white underparts and a distinctive black stripe. Their horns are long and pointed with slight curvature. The white patch on their rump extends to underneath the tail but no further. A Thomson’s gazelle maximum running speeds is up to 65 km/h (40 mph).

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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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