What is the 2nd fastest animal in the world?

A pronghorn can run up to 60 miles per hour, which makes them the second-fastest land animal in the world (cheetah – 61 mph). Although second to the cheetah, the pronghorn can sustain its speed for much longer.
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What are the 4 fastest land animals?

The Fastest Land Animals
  • 11 Fastest land animals ranked:
  • Cheetah. 120.7 km / 75 m per hour. ...
  • Pronghorn. 88.5 km / 55 m per hour. ...
  • Springbok. 88 km / 55 m per hour. ...
  • Quarter Horse. 88 km / 54.7 m per hour. ...
  • Wildebeest. 80.5 km / 50 m per hour. ...
  • Lion. 80.5 km / 50 m per hour. ...
  • Blackbuck. 80 km / 50 m per hour.
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What is the top 5 fastest animals?

Fastest Animals in the World
  • Peregrine falcon. Peregrine falcons dive from the sky in order to catch their prey, and it's during this daring maneuver that they reach their top speeds. ...
  • Golden eagle. ...
  • White-throated needletail swift. ...
  • Mexican free-tailed bat. ...
  • Rock dove. ...
  • Cheetah. ...
  • Sailfish. ...
  • Anna's hummingbird.
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What are the top 5 fastest mammals?

  • Fastest animal in the world: the Cheetah – top speed 94kph. ...
  • Second fastest animal in the world: the Pronghorn – top speed 86kph. ...
  • Fastest British mammal: Brown hare – top speed 72kph. ...
  • African wild dog – top speed 56kph. ...
  • Red kangaroo – top speed 56kph. ...
  • Swift fox - top speed 48kph. ...
  • Human – top speed 45kph.
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Whats faster than a cheetah?

What's faster than a cheetah? —no animal on earth can run faster. But a peregrine falcon can swoop faster than a cheetah can run. And the falcon can't compare to an airplane, a rocket, or the speed of light.
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These Are 10 Fastest Animals On This Planet



Whats faster a rabbit or a fox?

“The rabbit runs faster than the fox, because the rabbit is running for his life while the fox is only running for his dinner.” That's the gist of the Red Queen hypothesis: adapt or die. Slow rabbits get eaten, increasing the number of fast rabbits in the gene pool.
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Is a bat faster than a cheetah?

As such, the Mexican free-tailed bat easily shatters this record, and may be the fastest flier over sustained distances of all. Many animal speedsters, whether on land or in air, achieve their records over short distances. Cheetahs, pronghorns and springboks are all sprinters.
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Who is faster cheetah or roadrunner?

We DISCOVERED: "A cheetah runs faster than a roadrunner." "A cheetah can run up to 70 miles per hour." "A roadrunner runs up to 17 miles per hour."
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What is the fattest animal?

According to BBC, the blue whale is the animal with the highest percentage of body fat on land and sea.
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What is the slowest creature?

Sloths are the slowest animals in the world. They also happen to be the cutest animals. Sloths are so slow that their name itself means sluggishness or laziness. The top speed of a sloth is 0.003 miles per hour.
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What is the top 20 fastest animal in the world?

21 Fastest Creatures in The World by Top Speed
  • Peregrine Falcon – 389 km/h – Fastest Member of Animal Kingdom. ...
  • Golden Eagle – 320 km/h. ...
  • Frigatebird – 153 km/h. ...
  • Cheetah – 110 km/h – Fastest Land Animal. ...
  • Ostrich – 96.6 km/h – Fastest Running Bird. ...
  • Pronghorn – 88.5 km/h – Second Fastest Land Animal. ...
  • Springbok – 88 km/h.
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What are the top 10 slowest animals?

The Slowest Animals In The World
  • Sea horse. 0.015 km per hour. ...
  • Three toed sloth. 0.27 km per hour. ...
  • Giant tortoise. 0.3 km per hour. ...
  • Banana slug. 0.48 km per hour. ...
  • Slow loris. 1.9 km per hour. ...
  • Gila monster. 2.4 km per hour. ...
  • Koala bear. 10 km per hour. ...
  • American woodcock. 26-46 km per hour. American woodstock – the world's slowest bird.
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What's the fastest bird?

But first, some background: The Peregrine Falcon is indisputably the fastest animal in the sky. It has been measured at speeds above 83.3 m/s (186 mph), but only when stooping, or diving.
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Which is faster Panther or jaguar?

What is this? In the comparison between these two creatures, the jaguar is faster than the black panther as its average top speed is 50 m/h (80 km/h), whereas the panthers' top speed is 36 m/h (58 km/h).
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Are tigers afraid of lions?

Tigers are usually at the top of the food chain and are classed as apex predators, which means they aren't scared of any other animals in their natural environment.
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Was there ever a Black tiger?

In July 2014, a 5 year old white tigress of Nandankanan Zoological Park in Bhubaneswar, Odisha gave birth to four cubs and of these one was black (pseudo melanistic). This was the first instance of birth of a black tiger in captivity in India and second recorded instance internationally.
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Are reindeer faster than horses?

Domesticated in northern Europe and Asia about 2,000 years ago, reindeer were almost certainly among the first domestic hoofed animals, according to some experts. But they are not as fast as horses. Close cousins of caribou, they live in the tundra and start to grow winter coats in October.
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How fast can sheep run?

A Sheep can travel at speeds of up to 25 miles per hour.
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Can a rabbit out run a dog?

As small, fast animals, most bunnies can escape a dog's clutches. But not all dogs will kill the bunny it manages to catch. Some will sniff the animal or encourage it to play. Many dogs will let the rabbit run away because it doesn't know what to do with it.
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