What is the fastest animal?

The has big nostrils to let it take in lots of air, and a big heart to pump blood fast when it’s running. And unlike most big cats, it can’t roar – but it is the biggest cat that can purr!

But there is an animal that can move even faster than the cheetah. You won’t find it on land – to spot it, you have to look up in When we talk about the fastest animal, we often think about the cheetah. Cheetah’s are definitely fast – the fastest animals that run on land. Its top speed is about 120 kilometres per hour, and it can accelerate from 0 to 110 kilometers in three seconds. That’s faster than a racecar!

A cheetah is definitely built for speed. Its claws are always out, which allow it to grip the ground when it’s running. It the sky!

The peregrine falcon is fast when it’s in the air, but it’s during the hunt that it really shows its true speed. When a falcon spots its prey, it dives toward it, but rather than grabbing it like other hunting birds do, it closes its talons and hits it, stunning it so that it falls out of the air.

The dives are so fast that it needs special bones inside its nose to stop the incredible winds from damaging its lungs. During one of these dives, the falcon is thought to reach speeds of up to 273 miles per hour. That’s faster than the top speed of the world’s fastest car!