What Is the Fastest Animal on Earth?
Posted September 25th, 2007 by Anonymous
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The top speed man has run is about 25 miles per hour; the fastest dog, the greyhound, reaches a speed of 40 miles per hour; racehorses have been timed at 50 miles per hour; and antelopes can go close to 60 miles per hour.
But none of them can come close to the world's fastest runner, the cheetah. No animal on earth can outrun the cheetah's 70-mile per hour speed.
This swift, graceful jungle cat lives in Asia and Africa, where it can be tamed and used for hunting. The native hunters blindfold the animal and hold it on a leash.
When game appears, the cheetah is freed. It then makes a running dash for its prey and holds it down until the hunters can reach it.
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You're playing with
You're playing with semantics. As if "on Earth" did not include anything airborne, haha. Suddenly on my flight from Washington DC to Boston I spend an hour no longer on Earth? No longer on land, certainly but the concept of Earth easily includes its surrounding atmosphere.
The fastest animal through artifice is man.
The fastest animal by natural means is the Peregrine Falcon,
and the fastest land animal by natural means is the Cheetah,
though the Sailfish through water can go almost as fast. Which quite honestly is way more impressive.
peregrine falcons can generate speeds up to 55 mph
horizontal flight - meaning gravity is not a factor - and the peregrine falcon can go 55mph, therefore cheetah can generate faster speeds under its own power.
fastest by ability
The Indo-Pacific Sailfish is the fastest fish with a speed of 68 mph(http://www.australianmuseum.net.au/fishes/faq/fastest.htm).
The Cheetah is certainly the fastest running animal in short bursts at 70 mph(http://www.extremescience.com/Cheetah.htm).
The Peregrine Falcon is the fastest in the use of its abilities to produce high speed and survive at 273 mph (gravity assist dive) (http://www.extremescience.com/fastinworld.htm).
But wait; if we include the falcon then we must admit that Man is the fastest We have used our God given abilities to go much faster than any animal can. The Apollo 10 astronauts traveled at 24,791 mph (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_10) on their return from the moon (gravity assist). Oh trick question, man is not an animal.
I read about copepods (not
I read about copepods (not sure if that is spelled correctly), they are zooplankton and can zip along at 500 times their body length in less than a second. Compared to a cheetah that would be 2000 mph. I read that in a book called Sea Soup.
What is the fastest fish or mammal in water?
Cheetah is fastest on land, Falcon is fastest in the air. What fish or mammal is fastest in water?
Peregrin Falcons Win! 4 times faster than cheetah!!
Falcons are not the fastest LAND animal on earth, you're right. But the title of this "amazing fact" is "What is the fastest animal on earth?" For which, the original answer is wrong and the correct animal is "Peregrine Falcon." Don't be going around teaching little kids that cheetahs are fastest animal on earth. Fastest land animal? Yes. Fastest mammal? Yes. Fastest animal? No way.
Peregrine falcons dive to kill their prey and reach speeds of 260 mph. That's FOUR TIMES as fast as a cheetah.
We have two nesting pairs here in downtown Des Moines,Iowa. One one a sky scraper, one on the state capitol building. They had a total of 5 chicks this year, and the parents each eat two birds a day, mostly pigeons and crows. It's pretty cool.
Give the lesser-known animal some credit. They are magnificent creatures and technically, the fastest animal on earth.
The question is : Fastest ON
The question is : Fastest ON earth, not ON AIR? 1st of all, hoping you are not teaching children to read!!! Yes, the falcon is the fastest in the air, no questioning that. The cheetah is by far (10-15mph) faster than any animal ON Earth. Get your facts straight and your READINg and UNDERSTANDING of the question corrcect before you start going off on people and facts. I'm sure your momma raised you better than that. THINK B-4 YOU OPEN YOUR MOUTH.
the thing says ON earth so
the thing says ON earth so yes the falcon is fast but thats at a drive where it dosent realy count because gravity takes its toll on the speed close but no cigar
Cheetah is the fastest
You all are so stupid, I train Cheetas and can guarantee that the Cheetah is not the fastest animal on earth. The fastest is the Gazelle which easily outruns the cheetah.
see discovery channel guys volume 4 page 75
you all are not very educated and it is obvious from your observations
...then how fast is is a tuna?
ha ha ha ha ha,,,,wait a minute...i'm not done....
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.....ok...
i'm done. train cheetahs to do what, exactly?
The peregrine most
The peregrine most definitely can reach 180. watch this video
Ultimate Killers: Peregrine Falcon Sky Dive!
Fastest FOR REAL
The Cheetah is not the fastest. It's the fastest LAND animal but, not the fastest. Anyways, if the Tiger Beetle was the size of a human it could be the fastest animal at 300 mph! But the fastest is the Peregrine Falcon, at 270 mph! I say the Cheetahs' quite slow.
not the fastest
the peregrine falcon is the fastest animal on earth and can come close 179 miles per hour and it can't fly 180mph
The peregrine falcon most
The peregrine falcon most certainly can reach 180mph. watch this video.
Ultimate Killers: Peregrine Falcon Sky Dive!
cheetah
From Cheetah Conservation Fund website: The cheetah is aerodynamically built for speed and can accelerate from zero to 40 mph in three strides and to full speed of 70 mph in seconds. As the cheetah runs, only one foot at a time touches the ground. There are two points, in its 20 to 25 foot (7-8 metres) stride when no feet touch the ground, as they are fully extended and then totally doubled up. Nearing full speed, the cheetah is running at about 3 strides per second.
Yes, the peregrine falcon often gets credit for being the fastest animal but one must remember that in the case of the cheetah it is all self-generated speed and when speaking of the peregrine falcon people are usually pointing out the speed it is free falling. I'm not sure how much self-generated speed a peregrine falcon has flying horizontally.
Cheetah still the fastest - ON earth
The title clearly says "What Is the Fastest Animal on Earth?" not "What Is the Fastest Animal in the air?" therefore cheetah is the correct answer
Cheetah not the fastest.
The peregrine falcon is the fastest clocked animal on Earth, at 80m/s, or almost 180mph.
The cheetah is only the fastest on the ground.
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