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red kangaroo Macropus rufus
height weight top speed (hopping) feels like
2m 80kg 70km/h 63km/h

Kangaroos are the only large animals to use hopping as a means of locomotion. The comfortable hopping speed for Red Kangaroo is about 20–25 km/h (13–16 mph), but speeds of up to 70 km/h (44 mph) can be attained, over short distances, while it can sustain a speed of 40 km/h (25 mph) for nearly two kilometres. This fast and energy-efficient method of travel has evolved because of the need to regularly cover large distances in search of food and water, rather than the need to escape predators. Because of its long feet, it cannot walk correctly. To move at slow speeds, it uses its tail to form a tripod with its two forelimbs. It then raises its hind feet forward, in a form of locomotion called “crawl-walking.”

Animals: land air water insect Your height: 122 cm 124 cm 127 cm 130 cm 132 cm 135 cm 137 cm 140 cm 142 cm 145 cm 147 cm 150 cm 152 cm 155 cm 157 cm 160 cm 163 cm 165 cm 168 cm 170 cm 173 cm 175 cm 178 cm 180 cm 183 cm 185 cm 188 cm 191 cm 193 cm 196 cm 198 cm 201 cm 203 cm feet meters Graph: top speed feels like

Imagine what it's like for a tiny insect to jump and fly as quickly as they do. They might cover 40 body lengths in a second. To a six-foot person that's 164 mph. This site tries to understand how it feels to move like a fly, a squirrel, a cat, a rhinocerous, or a falcon.

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