Good news today: the fastest horizontal flyer in the animal kingdom is now a bat.
Free-tailed bats have now been clocked flying horizontally at over 160 kilometers per hour (that’s nearly 100 mph!), toppling the previous record-holder, the swift. The record for speed of diving is still held by the peregrine falcon but we’re coming for you next, feathers.
I like how tumblr is reporting this news like the bats were really working hard on this achievement
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