SpeedrooHow fast does a giant kelp grow?
1 in/hAbout 2.54 cm/h · Creep
Up to about 2 feet (61 cm) a day off the California coast, one of the fastest-growing living things.
A red kangaroo at full speed, about 35 mph (56 km/h), is about 2,200,000 times faster.
🌿1 in/h
📏a furlong per fortnight
By speed: giant kelp is about 24× slower than a furlong per fortnight.
Things about as fast
- How fast can kudzu grow?0.5 in/h
- How fast can bamboo grow?1.49 in/h
- How fast does E. coli swim?3.54 in/h
- How fast is a furlong per fortnight?1.97 ft/h
- How fast does electricity flow in a wire?2.36 ft/h
- How fast does blood move in your capillaries?3.54 ft/h
- How fast does a dwarf seahorse swim?4.92 ft/h
- How fast does the fastest glacier move?5.48 ft/h
Many real things vary, so we use a typical or official figure. Spotted a mistake? Email [email protected].