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Nature is slow, just think of the fact that it took over 55 mil- But if we are talking about conscious speed, them the mako
lion years of evolution for man to become what he is today. But shark is the fastest sea creature in the world: to hunt it reaches up
nature is also very fast, and evolution is responsible for that. to 124 km/h. While the sailfish, which has earned the nickname
Let’s take jellyfish. One cannot call them fast, as they have ‘sea cheetah,’ can reach up to 110 km/h to escape a predator.
no autonomous ability to move and are carried by sea currents. The possibility of catching prey or escaping the possibility
But because of this, since they cannot decide which direction to of becoming prey is thus what leads some living things to be ex-
go, evolution has devised for them and their survival the fastest tremely quick in their movements.
movement in the world. The tentacle cells that hang below the It is to the sky, however, that one must look for the fastest
jellyfishes’ umbrellas actually detonate a harpoon at lightning animal in the world. The peregrine falcon, able to fly at a speed
speed that can stomp out plankton, and other small organisms, close to that of the record achieved in Formula 1: 320 km/h for the
on which they feed. And it is with that same speed that these falcon versus Valtteri Bottas’ 378 km/h at the Baku Grand Prix in
cells also affect humans who encounter them on their own “sea 2016. The peregrine falcon’s speed of movement also affects the
journey.” maximum distance at which it spots prey, about 3 kilometers.

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