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Can you imagine being able to run at such a fast
speed that you can catch up to a car driving on a
highway at 64 miles per hour? There is an animal
that can run that swiftly – the cheetah. Have you heard
of the aardvark? It’s a burrowing, nocturnal animal from
Africa that feeds on ants and termites. Can you believe
that this creature can dig a tunnel faster than a group
of men with shovels? This will sound incredible, but do
you know that there’s a creature that can even run on
water? The basilisk lizard darts across water at such an
unbelievable speed that it won’t sink in. You might be
wondering about sea creatures. The cheetah is the
fastest animal on land, but in the ocean, the sailfish
is the fastest swimmer in the world. It can swim at 68
mph, speeding so rapidly to catch smaller fish. Can you
guess which animal can run the fastest on two legs? The
ostrich with its powerful legs can run at 43 mph. The
peregrine falcon is the fastest animal in the world. It
can dive at more than 200 mph to catch food! Insects
will surprise you. Do you know that the wings on bees
move at 200 mph per second? Even more astonishing, the
wings on gnats move at 1,000 mph. per second. Discover
more amazing animal facts in this book (May Harn Liu, may@mailbox.sc.edu, librarian)
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