Top speed of a Mallard duck in flight

Top speed of a Mallard duck in flight (105 km/h)

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If Top speed of a Mallard duck in flight (105 km/h) was a standard unit ...

  • Speed of Earth's rotation around the Sun (107,000 km/h)...more would be 1000 x Top speed of a Mallard duck in flight
  • Speed of Concorde passenger SST (2,140 km/h)...more would be 20 x Top speed of a Mallard duck in flight
  • Top speed of a giraffe (52 km/h)...more would be 1/2 of Top speed of a Mallard duck in flight
  • Top speed of a Komodo dragon (21 km/h)...more would be 1/5 of Top speed of a Mallard duck in flight

Is That A Big Number? - The Book

Yes, there's now a book based on these numbers. Oxford University Press: July 2018.

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