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Fastest animal (lemmy.ml)
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (5 children)

So, all creatures on earth, as seen from the center of the galaxy?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago

The humans in the satellite still win, in that case, about half of the time.

The rest of the time it's probably one of the falcons.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

As seen from the any point at the edge of the observable universe

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Which edge? One where our local galaxy cluster is blueshifting towards or redshifting away from?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Akshully I’m pretty sure the edge of the observable universe is redshifted to infinity everywhere by definition

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

They would all be fast, but still only one will be the fastest.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

If there were alien life, would this change the answer? since the question is “animal” and the kingdom of animals is a taxonomic classification of stuff on earth, I would assume the answer still remains the same

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Or as seen from photons traveling away from us.