Submitted by [deleted] t3_11hdrz6 in askscience
pete_68 t1_jawe21p wrote
It depends what you use to determine speed. Body lengths are a way of comparing speed of different organisms. By this measure, the Southern California mite is the fastest with speeds in excess of 300 body lengths per second.
That would be like a human going about Mach 2.
[deleted] OP t1_jb0wc3l wrote
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