If you watched the Summer Olympics and marveled at the human talent and performances, be prepared to be awestruck if you ever attend an animal Olympics.
Only God could create the gold medal winners in the following events:
Weightlifting:
Dung Beetle: 1,141 times its body weight
Human equivalent: lift an 80-ton bulldozer
100-Meter Dash:
Mexican Free-Tailed Bat: 100 mph
Human maximum: 23.35 mph (world record for 100 meters)
100-Meter Freestyle:
Black Marlin: 82 mph
Humans: Not even close!
Long Jump:
Snow Leopard: 50 feet
Humans: about half that
High Jump:
Flea: 150 times their body height
Human equivalent: jump over a 60-story building
Diving Depth:
Cuvier’s Beaked Whale: 9,874 feet (nearly two miles!)
Human world record: 702 feet
“Marathon”:
Artic Tern: 50,000 miles per year (Arctic to Antarctica)
Humans: no contest!
Source: Answers Magazine, “Animal Olympics,” Vol. 16 No. 3, July-Sept 2021, pp. 54-60.
