The white rhino can reach speeds that exceed 30 miles per hour. ©bekirevren/Shutterstock.com Top Speed For such a large species, the white rhino has incredible acceleration and can reach speeds that exceed 30 miles per hour (about 48 kilometers per hour). For comparison, the world’s ...
With bodies shaped like torpedoes and powerful tailfins, great whites can rocket through the water at speeds approaching 35 miles an hour (50 kilometers an hour). This speed and a bite force of up to 1.8 metric tons allows the shark to quickly inflict massive trauma on their prey, disablin...
When we tookan afternoon to visit the seaside village of Howth(about a 20 minute train ride from Dublin), we both loved the building – and views – of a mansion called Tara Hall. As I was preparing this Dublin post, I got side-tracked on a Howth real estate website, and spottedTara...