• stoicmaverick@lemmy.world
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      18 days ago

      They can only do that for about half of one body length though. It’s not really a run, so much as a spring forward to surprise something with their murder mouth, and then pull it back into the water.

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        17 days ago

        No, sorry, that’s not true. And another one.

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        They can run 35mph in that short sprint you’re talking about. Then they can run at a slower (though faster than most humans) pace for a sustained period of roughly 100 feet (30ish meters for the non-'mericans).