Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal by Zach Weinersmith for August 20, 2015
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Transcript:
Mommy, what is the fastest animal? Normal person: The cheetah. Biologist: A descending peregrine falcon. Engineer: Human being in an orbiting satellite. Physicist: unspecified reference frame. Question invalid.
Are we talking about locomotion or any kind of motion? If the former, the Paratarsotomus macropalpis surpasses the cheetah among land animals. If the latter, consider the trap-jaw ant.
The mantis shrimp can move its claws so fast it produces cavitation bubbles; if the blow from its claws don’t kill its prey, the resulting shockwave from the collapse of the cavitation bubbles likely will.
Ida No about 9 years ago
Chicken in an accelerator.
InColorado about 9 years ago
And nerds wonder why no one likes them
Stephen Gilberg about 9 years ago
Are we talking about locomotion or any kind of motion? If the former, the Paratarsotomus macropalpis surpasses the cheetah among land animals. If the latter, consider the trap-jaw ant.
CatStaff Premium Member about 9 years ago
Changing the color of the shirt and expression as the category of the speaker changes is a nice touch.
XanderBitMe about 9 years ago
The mantis shrimp can move its claws so fast it produces cavitation bubbles; if the blow from its claws don’t kill its prey, the resulting shockwave from the collapse of the cavitation bubbles likely will.