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How fast does a garden snail move?

3.6 m/hAbout 11.8 ft/h · Creep

About 1 mm a second, or 3.6 m an hour.

A red kangaroo at full speed (56 km/h) is about 16,000 times faster.

3.6 m/h
a furlong per fortnight

By speed: a snail is about 6× faster than a furlong per fortnight.

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