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What is the fastest mammal on earth?

Man can move on the ground much faster than any other mammal... but not at the expense of his own legs! Even the fastest runner of our time can seem very slow compared to some animals.

A person can run at speeds up to 35 kilometers per hour. But even such a slow animal as an elephant or a rhinoceros can reach speeds of up to 40 kilometers per hour.

A racehorse, which is considered a fairly fast animal, can run at speeds up to 80 kilometers per hour. The fastest greyhound can race at a speed of about 60 kilometers per hour.

If we want to know the true speed of a mammal, then we need to think about animals such as antelopes and gazelles. These animals can reach speeds of up to 100 kilometers per hour. But the speed champion of the animal kingdom is the cheetah. The speed of this animal exceeds 110 kilometers per hour! Of course, they can maintain this speed for a distance not exceeding one mile, after which they switch to a slower speed.

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Why is fire hot?

The answer to this question is the very definition of fire. Fire accompanies combustion - a rapidly occurring reaction in which heat and light are released. There are several kinds of chemical reactions that can result in the phenomenon we call fire. The most common of these is the reaction between oxygen and fuel. If heat and light are released as a result of it, we get fire. Three things are needed to start a fire.

The first is fuel, the second is oxygen. Fuel quickly begins to combine with oxygen. When wood is burned in a fire or gas is burned in a stove, there is a vigorous interaction between the fuel and the oxygen in the air. The third thing we need to start a fire is warmth. Paper or wood cannot catch fire simply by being exposed to air. Usually this requires a lit match. When the paper is heated sufficiently, oxygen begins to actively react with it - and the paper is engulfed in flames.

Each type of fuel can ignite only at a certain temperature. It is called its ignition temperature. Imagine a wooden stick being heated to ignition temperature by a burning match. It's not all covered in flames. The reason for this is that oxygen does not come into contact with the rod as a whole, but only with its upper layer, which turns into a gaseous substance under the action of heat. As the heating continues, the gas particles and oxygen in the air move very quickly. Under these conditions, gas and oxygen particles combine very easily and quickly. Heat and light are emitted: we have received fire.

With some types of combustion, no light is emitted. If the fuel reacts slowly with oxygen, only heat is released. This happens, for example, when rust eats iron. Rusting is just a very slow form of burning, so slow that you can't even feel the heat it gives off. Fire is a rapid burning, or ignition, and when ignited, both heat and light are released.

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