From wikipedia: The peregrine is renowned for its speed, reaching over 320 km/h (200 mph) during its characteristic hunting stoop (high speed dive),[5] making it the fastest member of the animal kingdom.[6][7] According to a National Geographic TV program, the highest measured speed of a peregrine falcon is 389 km/h (242 mph).[8][9]
The world's best human sprinter is Usain Bolt who has clocked nearly 28 mph (45 km/h) in the 100-meter sprint.
We are not the pinnacle of evolution. There is no pinnacle.
"Darwin was the first to use data from nature to convince people that evolution is true, and his idea of natural selection was truly novel. It testifies to his genius that the concept of natural theology, accepted by most educated Westerners before 1859, was vanquished within only a few years by a single five-hundred-page book. On the Origin of Species turned the mysteries of life's diversity from mythology into genuine science." -- Jerry Coyne
Friday, August 25, 2017
The peregrine falcon is the fasted creature on this planet, up to 242 mph (389 km/h).
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