Wildlife Hungry Animals - Last Race for Survival (Nat Geo Special)
Speed can often be a matter of survival in the wild.
Many of the world's fastest animals are either hunters or the hunted. They are either required to catch prey for sustenance or to escape from predators in order to survive.
Most of the quickest animals run on four legs but others move by hopping. Their speed is impressive but can only be achieved over relatively short distances in some cases.
Some animals are perfectly designed to be the ultimate speed machines.
Some of these fly through the air others swim through water and some run on land. Most of the fastest animals are birds so our list below includes a selection of the fastest of all these different types of animals. Here are of the fastest animals in the world.
Can you guess the fastest land animal in the world? In the wild speed is one of the most important means of survival. If you happen to be one of the slowest animals in the world then you have to be smart enough to outwit your predators. As such the fastest animals in the world have a distinct advantage. These include the fastest animals in water the fastest animal in air and the fastest animals on land.