Discover the fastest running animal in the world

Researchers have found the fastest animal in the world at a speed of about 2,000 km / h.

Researchers at Pomona College (USA) have identified that the Paratarsotomus macropalpis mite is the fastest-running animal on Earth, second place to the Australian tiger beetle, followed by the cheetah leopard.

Paratarsotomus macropalpis ticks are no bigger than a sesame seed but have a dizzying speed.

Close-up of ticks Paratarsotomus macropalpis.

If the distance is correct, the cheetah is at the top, but if the race is measured by 'body length per second' , no animal will pass Paratarsotomus macropalpis - a record of 322 body lengths per second, equivalent to a person running 2,000km / h.

This tick easily passes the speed of Australian tiger beetle with a speed of 171 body lengths / second and cheetah cheetah at 96km / h - about 16 body lengths / second.

Species cheetah at 96km / h.

Australian tiger beetles have a speed of 171 body lengths per second, which is equivalent to a 772km / h runner.

The results are drawn from the study of Professor Jonathan Wright of Pomona College (USA) with the support of Samuel Rubin, Pitzer University. Samuel Rubin's team used a high-speed frame camera to record the speed, frequency of steps, acceleration / deceleration of the tick.

Along with that, the team also found that ticks are capable of running on concrete with a high temperature (40-60 degrees C), much higher than the tolerance limits of most other animals. .

This species is capable of running on concrete with a high temperature (40 - 60 degrees C).

Back in the lab, experts began to analyze the gait and kinetic mechanism of this Southern California mite. In addition to the special speed, the ticks also show the frequency of lifting the legs up and laying down at each foot high - about 135 times / s. Acceleration of tick Paratarsotomus macropalpis is 7.2 - 10.1m / s² (meters per second squared).

Samuel Rubin and his colleagues enjoyed the discovery."This finding will inspire the release of revolutionary designs in the field of robots or other special devices," Rubin said .