What are the fastest, strongest, and loudest animals on Earth?
Nature's record holders include a shrimp that punches harder than a bullet and a whale louder than a jet engine.
The answer
The peregrine falcon reaches 389 km/h in hunting dives - the fastest animal on Earth. In water, the sailfish hits 110 km/h. For acceleration, the mantis shrimp strikes its claws at 83 km/h from a standing start, generating forces of 1,500 Newtons with cavitation bubbles reaching 4,700°C - proportionally the strongest punch in the animal kingdom. The dung beetle pulls 1,141 times its body weight, the strongest relative to size. The blue whale produces calls reaching 188 decibels, louder than a jet engine at 140 dB, detectable over 1,600 kilometers. The pistol shrimp's claw snap at 218 dB creates a shockwave that stuns prey and briefly generates sonoluminescent light.
Source: BBC Wildlife
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