My Perspective Challenge

[AV1611VET]

What is the fastest animal on earth?

1. Cheetah
2. Sailfish
3. Peregrine Falcon
4. Lightning Bug

 

[freezerman2000]

as opposed to what?
The first three are known to be quick..but are not known for endurance.
Where does the lightning bug fit into the equation?

 

[AV1611VET]

as opposed to what?

Pluto?

I don't understand your question.

The first three are known to be quick..but are not known for endurance.

Oh.

Where does the lightning bug fit into the equation?

Perspective.

 

[Moral Orel]

Fastest at what?

 

[Widlast]

What is the fastest animal on earth?

1. Cheetah
2. Sailfish
3. Peregrine Falcon
4. Lightning Bug

Cheetah - around 60 mph on land, for short bursts, there is an antelope (forget which one) that can do 50 for hours
sailfish - 65 + mph in water
peregrine falcon - 200 mph in a dive, flat flying the Mexican freetail bat does 100 mph in bursts
lightning bug? if you're talking about glow refresh rate a lot of undersea critters are faster

 

[AV1611VET]

Fastest at what?

LOL -- I love these challenge threads!

They're a rich source of Sunday school material when showing adult Christians how the educated react to the simplest questions about almost any subject.

Just issue a challenge, print the results, and there's your material for next Sunday.

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

Lightning bugs (which after a Google search, shows them to be another name for Fireflies) are not really known of their speed.
Cheetahs are the fastest land based animal.
Sailfish are one of the fastest aquatic animals.
The peregrine falcon is a very fast bird (I should know since I've been about two feet away from one when it was in full flight), it is not fastest in terms of actual horizontal flight, but is very fast on the dive. Which I think really should discredit it from being considered the fastest animal since anything going in to a dive from great height can fly fast.

... sorry, what was the question?

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

LOL -- I love these challenge threads!

They're a rich source of Sunday school material when showing adult Christians how the educated react to the simplest questions about almost any subject.

Just issue a challenge, print the results, and there's your material for next Sunday.

Explain.

 

[AV1611VET]

Cheetah - around 60 mph on land, for short bursts, there is an antelope (forget which one) that can do 50 for hours
sailfish - 65 + mph in water
peregrine falcon - 200 mph in a dive, flat flying the Mexican freetail bat does 100 mph in bursts
lightning bug? if you're talking about glow refresh rate a lot of undersea critters are faster

I was kinda hoping for just one answer.

Either a 1 a 2 a 3 or a 4.

 

[AV1611VET]

Explain.

Nothing to explain.

Ask ... print ... teach.

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

Nothing to explain.

Ask ... print ... teach.

Teach what? That you are VERY bad at asking questions and you are, some insane reason, proud of that?

 

[AV1611VET]

Teach what? That you are VERY bad at asking questions and you are, some insane reason, proud of that?

Some insane reason, yes.

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

Some insane reason, yes.

Care to say what that reason is?

 

[AV1611VET]

Care to say what that reason is?

I'll tell you exactly what I tell my wife when she rolls her eyes at me:

I was bitten by a radioactive geek.

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

I'll tell you exactly what I tell my wife when she rolls her eyes at me:

I was bitten by a radioactive geek.

No. You're just annoying. Any geek can see that your 'challenge' is flawed right from the off.

 

[AV1611VET]

No. You're just annoying. Any geek can see that your 'challenge' is flawed right from the off.

None of my business, Warden, but did you used to post here under another name?

 

[Kenny'sID]

On earth, assuming that is dry ground, would rule out the fish and things above the earth, so it would have to be the Cheetah.

That is unless they live up to their name and come about their high speed by not so honest means.

 

[Kenny'sID]

No. You're just annoying. Any geek can see that your 'challenge' is flawed right from the off.

Flawed??

That was great...one would think we're arguing creation here, lol. Loosen up, dude.

 

[AV1611VET]

On earth, assuming that is dry ground, would rule out the fish and things above the earth, so it would have to be the Cheetah.

It's confusing, isn't it?

I vaguely remember asking a similar question of this nature years ago here, and one poster pointed out that, since I didn't capitalize "earth," he assumed the land.

Without a qualifier, some questions can indeed be very simple, yet very hard to answer.

I like what my college teacher once told us:

There are sentences in the English language that can be understood when spoken, yet can't be correctly written as spoken.

Example:

How many [to, too, two]s are there in the English language?

 

[AV1611VET]

Flawed??

That was great...one would think we're arguing creation here, lol. Loosen up, dude.

Excellent point!

I had the way they argue the sun going around the earth in mind when I thought this challenge up, but the creation is an even better example!

Perspective can be a drag, can't it!?

It's either on your side, or it's against you and causes one to look silly.