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Which Species Would Win The Following Race:

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    The course consists of 100m/328.084ft of flat land, and 100m/328.084ft of endlessly deep water.

    For instance, a human could feasibly run this in about 11 seconds with enough energy left to swim like a lunatic for 100m in about 49 seconds. In our case it's probably more important to be a good swimmer rather than a good runner!

    1 minute to beat. No flying permitted. Over to you, PC.
     
    I put my faith in hippos based on their surprisingly balanced ability to both swim and run at substantial speeds under duress. Working under the presumption we're using the best hippo specimen available to us, the hippo could easily make the top 5 contenders due to their balance. They aren't the best in either field but the power available to them will ensure a competitive edge. The average hippo, if angered, can make it to 48km per hour which is much faster than the average human. The best hippo available may not be able to catch up to the best human available for running, but it will easily make up for this in the water.

    The enraged hippo will be formidable indeed.
     
    I'm going to put my money behind a saltwater crocodile. They can run on land at up to 11 km/hr and swim at 28 km/hr. The runnng speed is about 24% of the fastest human (Ussan Bolt in 100 m sprint), however, the swim speed is 4 x the fastest human, and as the human will have the head start on land portion the crocodile will go extra fast chasing that potential meal. Let us also keep in mind that the human that can swim the fastest cannot run the fastest and vice versa, therefore the crocodile, while slow on land, will make up for any losses when it hits the water.

    Assuming they maintain maximum speed in both legs of the race, this gives them 33 seconds on land and 13 seconds in the water to complete those distances, vs. 8 seconds on land and 50 seconds in water for a human to complete those distances.

    I will also add that the saltwater crocodile will beat the hippo, as the hippo only swims at a measly 8 km/hr, giving it 7.5 seconds on land but 45 seconds in water.
     
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    The mighty Otter, people!

    Those things can legit run as fast as a man on land (so let's go by OP's initial calculation and say that there is about 10/11 seconds), and as soon as they get into the water? Play dat Superman theme because that sh*t will be majestic in its speed and agility. The one thing I will say that perhaps hinders the magnificent Otter is its smaller size compared to our previous 3 entrants.

    Lotus the Cat said:
    They (saltwater crocs) can run on land at up to 11 km/hr
    I will also add that the saltwater crocodile will beat the hippo, as the hippo only swims at a measly 8 km/hr, giving it 7.5 seconds on land but 45 seconds in water.
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    Ah, but crocodiles can only run at that speed for very short distances, it won't be able to keep up a 11km/hr stride for 100m for goodness sakes. So you're looking at a good half-minute to 45 seconds before the croc gets his arse in the water, by that time Fantastic Mr. Otter is streamlining through said water at a tidy 9kmph B-)

    Sorry guys n' girls but the Otter's taking gold here. I'll fight you if need be (please don't fight me).
     
    Zeph. said:
    The mighty Otter, people!
    Ah, but crocodiles can only run at that speed for very short distances, it won't be able to keep up a 11km/hr stride for 100m for goodness sakes. So you're looking at a good half-minute to 45 seconds before the croc gets his arse in the water, by that time Fantastic Mr. Otter is streamlining through said water at a tidy 9kmph B-)

    Sorry guys n' girls but the Otter's taking gold here. I'll fight you if need be (please don't fight me).
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    The crocodile is also capable of explosive bursts of speed when attacking its prey. I like to think it would eat the otter at the start of the race, making its better stats null. ;)
     
    Uhh I'm going to go with a water snake. They seem pretty fast on both land and water. This is a pure guess so I have no info to back it up and I'm too lazy to look it up rn
     
    Can I like...throw a fish into the water. Surely I can do that.

    No? well..

    I was going to go with some variety of crocodile off the top of my head because those things are capable of astonishing bursts of speed on land. However I do not know how well it would do at actually sustaining that speed for the entirety of the land portion. Once it gets to the water though it should be pretty well off.

    Other than that I can only think of like...a polar bear or something.
     
    God said:
    I think otter is a cheap post because most people google the question and see other people saying otter and then just parrot the answer on
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    No I came up with it myself :) Besides even if I'd seen other people use the answer then that would just tell me that I'm backing the right horse ;)
     
    I don't have a ton of knowledge about animal speed, so I'm just gonna say a frog since it's amphibious.
     
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    Idk wtf this is, but someone google it and get back with me.
     
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    Lucid said:
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    Idk wtf this is, but someone google it and get back with me.
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    Atretochoana eiselti is a species of caecilian originally known only from two preserved specimens discovered by Sir Graham Hales in the Brazilian rainforest, while on an expedition with Sir Brian Doll in the late 1800s, but rediscovered in 2011 by engineers working on a hydroelectric dam project in Brazil. Until 1998, it was known only from the type specimen in the Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna.[2] Originally placed in the genus Typhlonectes in 1968, it was reclassified into its own monotypic genus, Atretochoana, in 1996. It was also found to be more closely related to the genus Potomotyphlus than Typholonectes.[3] The species is one of two caecilians to lack lungs, the other being Caecilita iwokramae.

    tl;dr - it's a penis snake
     
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    Poki said:
    Atretochoana eiselti is a species of caecilian originally known only from two preserved specimens discovered by Sir Graham Hales in the Brazilian rainforest, while on an expedition with Sir Brian Doll in the late 1800s, but rediscovered in 2011 by engineers working on a hydroelectric dam project in Brazil. Until 1998, it was known only from the type specimen in the Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna.[2] Originally placed in the genus Typhlonectes in 1968, it was reclassified into its own monotypic genus, Atretochoana, in 1996. It was also found to be more closely related to the genus Potomotyphlus than Typholonectes.[3] The species is one of two caecilians to lack lungs, the other being Caecilita iwokramae.

    tl;dr - it's a penis snake
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