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FAST FACTS

Although they walk with a slow waddle, ducks and Birds are the fastest fliers, but among
shorebirds are the fastest flying birds, other than other animals, free-tailed bats are the
swifts, that have been measured accurately. The quickest. Dragonflies are among the
great snipe has the fastest recorded migration. speediest insects.

Common swift Mexican free-tailed bat
69 mph (111 kph) 40 mph (64 kph)
Great snipe (a shorebird) Flying fish
60 mph (97 kph) 37 mph (60 kph)
Eider duck Dragonfly
47 mph (76 kph) 30 mph (50 kph)

Long, curved
wings slip easily
A white- through the air.
throated
needletail flies
fast enough to
keep up with a
high-speed
train.

This high-speed train
has a maximum speed
of 125 mph (200 kph),
but on a scheduled
passenger trip, it
averages about 106 mph
(171 kph), including stops.

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