Animal Quiz Day
“Animal Quiz Day” is going to be a new feature on my blog. I’ll pick random days to ask a animal based question. Post your guess! I’ll give the answer after a few guesses have been posted.
Which animal is the fastest swimmer?
- Blue Shark
- Mako Shark
- Indo-Pacific Sailfish
- California Sea Lion
- Bottle-nosed Dolphin
- Gentoo Penguin
- Pacific White Sided Dolphin
Good luck!
November 29, 2007 at 8:37 pm
Hmm, I have no idea and my guess would have to be one of the Dolphins!
December 2, 2007 at 12:27 pm
I think it is the Indo-Pacific Sailfish. I know they can swim really fast. When I was little I had a book of the fast animals on earth, one of them was a Sailfish!
December 2, 2007 at 12:39 pm
I just read that the Sailfish has been tracked to be going 68 mph!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 2, 2007 at 2:28 pm
Excellent Young Naturalist J!!! You are correct!
Some of the fastest animal swimmers:
Mako Shark, Isurus oxyrinchus: 60 mph
Blue Shark, Prionace glauca 43 mph
Sailfish, Istiophorus platypterus: 68+mph
California Sea Lion, Zalophus californianus: 25 mph
Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops truncatus: 22 mph
Gentoo Penguin, Pygoscelis papua: 22 mph
Pacific White Sided Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens: 25+mph
December 2, 2007 at 3:02 pm
YAY I got one on Tom!!!