Sure, Usain Bolt might be fast. But it turns out compared to the average domestic cat he’s barely keeping pace. Below are a look at all the world record holding Olympians compared to their times with “regular Joe types” of the animal world. Olympian times are marked in bold.
100 Meter Freestyle Swim
Gray Whale: 5 miles per hour
Eamon Sullivan: 4.7 milers per hour
Emperor Penguin: 4 miles per hour
Water Strider: 3.3 miles per hour
100 Meter Dash
Southern Dart Butterfly: 37 miles per hour
Warthog: 30 miles per hour
Domestic Cat: 30 miles per hour
Usain Bolt: 27.8 miles per hour
Free Diving (free diving is a form of underwater diving that relies on divers’ ability to hold their breath until resurfacing rather than on the use of a breathing apparatus such as scuba gear.)
King Penguin: 448 feet
William Trubridge: 406 feet
Otter: 328 feet
Walrus: 300 feet
Long Jump
Red Kangaroo: 43 feet
Puma: 30 feet
Impala: 30 feet
Bob Beamon: 29.3 feet
High Jump
Klipspringer: 25 feet
Pit Bull: 14 feet
Munk’s Devil Ray: 10 feet
Serval Cat: 10 feet
Javier Sotomayor: 8.04 feet
H/T AtlasObscura
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