The Fastest Animal in the World is Just Plain Batty
Many people still think the cheetah is the world's fastest animal, but it's really only the fastest land animal. Until recently, the correct answer was the swift, but now even people who said that are inncorrect -the fastest animal on earth is actually the Brazilian free-tailed bat. The cheetah can go up to 40 miles per hour. The swift can go up to 62 miles an hour, but the free-tailed bat blows them both out of the water, traveling an incredible 99 miles an hour. There is one challenger to the bat's title though -peregrine falcons can travel 186 miles per hour, but they can only go that fast while diving. So if you're going by overall speed, the falcon wins, but if you only count straight forward movement that could be used for travel -the bat is your safest bet.
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go be homeless somewhere else.
love, your government.
I agree with George Carlin on this one.
I have noticed in the past few years most all the bridge occupants in South Florida have gone away. I don't know if its stricter enforcement or if they all just found different lodgings, but it's rare to see them now.
That guy needed to be moved on.
I'm all for people being left alone just so long as they do not present a danger to others and themselves.
That amount of crap up on that centre spar where it could fall onto moving vehicles is just dangersous.
If he was not over traffic I'd say let the guy be.