Best Animal Athletes!

Have you ever closely watched the special skills in animals? In one way or the other, they are the best athletes. Let us see some of the best Animal Athletes.

Sprinters

Cheetahs are the fastest on land. They can reach up to a speed of 120 km per hour. They can go from 0 to 109 km per hour in just three seconds and they have small heads and long legs for getting the best out of aerodynamics' law. Also, their flexible spine allows for extreme extension during the run.

Swimmers

Sharks are frightfully fast. They are excellent swimmers. Thanks to the scales covered with tiny teeth that enable water to flow smoothly over their bodies.

Hurdlers

Kangaroos can hop faster than humans can run; they can hop for hours together continuously. It's stride length is over seven meters long.

Weightlifters

Rhinoceros Beetles are super-strong! They can carry up to 850 times their own weight on their back, making them the world's best weight lifters in relation to body weight.

Marathon Performers

Arctic Terns take the prize for the best endurance athletes. They can travel almost 32000 km each year in migration from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back!

Soccer Players

Chickens are very good soccer players. Give a small round object to a group of chickens and they will happily pass it around, much like playing soccer.

Wrestlers

Cockroaches are the best wrestlers! They often wrestle each other to death. As a fight wears on, the roach may turn and, with one of its rear legs, repeatedly kick its attacker in the head. A roach leg isn't built for a straight kick. It moves a bit like a baseball bat.

Kung Fu masters

Giraffes - their lethal Kung Fu kick can decapitate lion! The horns on that giraffe aren’t just for show, they use those things by literally swinging their heads and ramming their horns into their unfortunate victim causing enough force to possibly even break bone.

Sword Fighters

Narwhals possess a natural sword - a 10 feet long left tooth! There's research that suggests the narwhal tusk is used primarily for hunting but contrary to what you might be imagining, they don't actually spear their food.