What It Takes To Be The Fastest Animal Alive | Species Spotlight

Hey friends! Today Ben looks at the fastest animals on Earth, we get the first ever metabolic rate tier list [not clickbati!!!] and Ben tries to put together the hardest soundtrack of any animal video on YouTube. ••••• Your host: Ben the Quasi-Ecologist ••••• Looking to explore on more platforms? Insta: https://www.instagram.com/naturalworldexplored/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@naturalworldexplored ••••• Thank you so much to everyone who’s checked out my YouTube Membership! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsuWQV4_s-Wt-JE8kvv7E1w/join Or my patreon page! https://patreon.com/NaturalWorldExplored Your support means everything to me! ••••• Been exploring for new merch or a sick profile pic? Check out the Explored website! https://naturalworldexplored.com ••••• Audio Credits Intro Music by Aakash Gandhi Voiceover Editing by Wojciech B. ••••• Sources mentioned: Domenici, P., Wilson, A. D. M., Kurvers, R. H. J. M., Marras, S., Herbert-Read, J. E., Steffensen, J. F., Krause, S., Viblanc, P. E., Couillaud, P., & Krause, J. (2016). Maximum swimming speeds of sailfish and three other large marine predatory fish species. Biology Open, 5(10), 1415-1419. https://journals.biologists.com/bio/article/5/10/1415/1485/Maximum-swimming-speeds-of-sailfish-and-three#:~:text=URL%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fjournals.biologists.com%2Fbio%2Farticle%2F5%2F10%2F1415%2F1485%2FMaximumKing, R. (2008, May). Falling with the falcon. Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/falling-with-the-falcon-7491768/Queen's University, Belfast. (2013, September 5). New insight into how Cheetahs catch their prey. ScienceDaily. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130905085644.htm ••••• Photo credits Proprioception scan 1: https://neurosciencenews.com/proprioception-genetics-22044/ Proprioception scan 2: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.07.29.501977v1.full Peregrine Falcon scan: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Peregrine-falcon-radiography-Ventrodorsal-A-and-lateral-B-radiographic-view-showing_fig1_349169490 Football boots: Photo by Hal Gatewood on Unsplash Ford Focus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2008_Ford_Focus_Zetec_TD_109_1.6_Front.jpg 00:00 I Am Speed 00:26 Natural World Explored 00:40 Speed Record Holders 3:06 I. Proprioception 4:42 II. Metabolism 9:32 IV. Acceleration