SpeedrooHow fast does E. coli swim?
3.54 in/hAbout 9 cm/h · Creep
About 0.00098 inches (0.025 mm) a second, which is over 10 of its own body lengths every second.
A red kangaroo at full speed, about 35 mph (56 km/h), is about 620,000 times faster.
🦠3.54 in/h
🌱kudzu
By speed: E. coli is about 7.1× faster than kudzu.
Things about as fast
- How fast can kudzu grow?0.5 in/h
- How fast does a giant kelp grow?1 in/h
- How fast can bamboo grow?1.49 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].