When travelers (particularly safari fans) discuss the fastest animals in the world, a big cat almost always enters the conversation: the cheetah. Being able to get up close and personal with wildlife like cheetahs on safaris gives travelers the opportunity to marvel at just how speedy they are— and why these threatened animals, who edge ever closer to becoming among the many endangered species that could go extinct in the future , need to be saved.

But as fast as cheetahs might be, the world's fastest animal is not the cheetah . Earth's fastest animal isn't even terrestrial, but an avian creature, instead. The honor of speed goes to the peregrine falcon, which can fly several times the speed cheetahs can run.

Peregrine Falcon Is The World's Fastest Animal, Not The Cheetah

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