Animal Records

The cheetah

The fastest land animal in the world is the cheetah. It has

a speed of between 110 and 120 kilometres per hour. This

is faster than the speed limit on Norwegian motorways.

The sailfish

The fastest sea animal in the world is the sailfish. The

sailfish lives in the Gulf of Mexico. It can swim up to 110

kilometres per hour. Did you know that a sailfish can

swim a distance corresponding to eight times around the

world during its lifetime? When it attacks it happens so

quickly that a human eye can’t catch it.

Tinker Toy

The smallest cat ever

was Tinker Toy. He was

only 7 centimetres tall

and 19 centimetres

long when fully

grown. He died in

November 1997 at the

age of six.