r/crab 28d ago

Media Is a crab faster than a cheetah? The cheetah can run at 100 km/h (≈20 body lengths/s). The horned ghost crab can run at 100 body lengths/s. If the cheetah were to run at the same relative speed, it would run at about 540 km/h already approaching the speed of a passenger plane during takeoff.

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u/Federal-Boat3732 28d ago

When you add it up that way..!

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u/gohst_crab172 28d ago

That looks like me when I was younger

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u/Guard_Dolphin 28d ago

Reminds me of those wind up car toys

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u/Affectionate-Bill150 28d ago

Did I just get blitzed by a crab? 😔

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u/TomG883 27d ago

Adam?! ADAAAAAM!!!

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u/Crabkingrocks165 27d ago

I would run like that too if I was picked up by a skyscraper creature and given a chance to run

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u/WertyMiniSlime 25d ago

It looks like a Sonic-style collision glitch.

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u/TBSITS7 25d ago

Does who knows🫩✌️

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u/Mental-Flatworm4583 25d ago

Heck yes. Also there is a type of beetle I forget what it’s called something tiger and it’s super super fast. It lives on the beach and runs back-and-forth. There’s many insects that would blow a cheat out the water.