How fast is a tiger beetle?
9 km/hAbout 5.59 mph · Run
About 2.5 m a second, so fast it briefly goes blind while chasing prey.
That's about 16% of a red kangaroo's top speed (56 km/h).
🪲9 km/h
🎡the London Eye
By speed: a tiger beetle is about 10× faster than the London Eye.
Things about as fast
- How fast is the fastest 100 m swim?7.76 km/h
- How fast does a blue whale cruise?8 km/h
- How fast does a manatee swim?8 km/h
- How fast is the fastest 50 m swim?8.6 km/h
- How fast does a person jog?9 km/h
- How fast was the first roller coaster?9.7 km/h
- How fast can a polar bear swim?10 km/h
- How fast does Mercury spin at its equator?10.83 km/h
Many real things vary, so we use a typical or official figure. Spotted a mistake? Email [email protected].