The Fastest Animal in the World
Fastest animal in the world: The fastest animal in the world is probably the peregrine falcon, which dives to catch prey. The predator catches birds at speeds of up to 200 km/h. In straight flight, the swift is the fastest bird in the world at around 180 km/h. This makes it the fastest animal in the world that accelerates under its own power (without gravity by falling).
Fastest land animal in the world: The fastest animal in the world that moves on land with its feet is the cheetah. The big cat reaches around 110 km/h when hunting, but can only maintain this high speed for a few hundred meters.
Fastest fish in the world: The fastest animal in the water is controversial. According to some reports, sailfish can reach speeds of over 100 km/h. Sailfish are extremely elongated and live in large oceans in temperate latitudes (not in the tropics or in very cold waters). They are up to 3.50 meters long. Large specimens of sailfish in particular reach high speeds. The subspecies Indo-Pacific sailfish is said to be the fastest swimmer. However, underwater measurements of fish speeds are difficult. According to other reports, tuna, swordfish and certain species of shark are the fastest fish on earth. The black marlin (a species of swordfish) is said to reach 90 km/h according to some reports. But we are not aware of any real scientific evidence of fish reaching such speeds.
Fastest dog in the world: The fastest dog, and probably the second fastest land animal in the world after the cheetah, are greyhounds. Due to the high speed of this breed of dog, greyhound races are often held in many countries around the world. In these races, greyhounds reach top speeds of 75 km/h.