How fast can marine
animals swim?
The sea is where the first living form evolved and now it
abounds with different kinds of living creatures such as fish, tortoise,
crocodile, eel, dolphin, whale, etc. do you know with what speed these animals
can swim?
Marine Animals Swim at varying speeds
The sailfish is the fastest swimmer amongst all the
aquatic animals and travels at a speed of up to 110 kilometers per hour. Next
comes the swordfish that has a maximum speed of 95 kilometers per hour. The
tuna and the rainbow trout can swim at a maximum speed of 75 kilometers per
hour. The next is the race dolphin that can swim up to speed of 65 kilometers
in an hour.
Besides these, the swimming speed per hour of other
aquatic animals are; tarpon, 55 kilometer; shark, 45 kilometer; trout, 35
kilometers; salmon 25 kilometer; eel, whale and pike, 15 kilometer. Cray fish,
carp, perch, octopus, etc. swim at a speed of less than 10 kilometers per hour.
These are not the normal speeds but the maximum recorded speed of sea animals.