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18 comments to "Michael Phelps Vs. Goldfish: Who is Faster?"
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Justin
August 18th, 2008 at
8:00 pm
90 body lengths a second?! THAT’S INSANE!
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Chad Cloman
August 18th, 2008 at
8:24 pm
I used to scuba dive. There’d be a fish within an arm’s length, and I’d reach out to touch it. With a flick of it’s tail it’d be gone–faster than I could move my hand through the water. Fish are much faster than they seem.
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Alex
August 18th, 2008 at
8:36 pm
90 body length per second is the sailfish’s burst speed - I don’t think it could maintain that speed for a long period of time but yeah, that is insanely fast!
In comparison, reef fish, which are slower than sailfish, have an average speed of 14 body length per second.
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Church
August 18th, 2008 at
8:54 pm
True, but a goldfish is seriously disadvantaged out of water.
I’m thinking triathalon is really Phelp’s sport.
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The Slapster
August 18th, 2008 at
8:55 pm
Oohhh, ahhhh! Show me a fish that’s going to clear $30-50 million in a year. That’s right, suck it you non-bipeds!!
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anarchy
August 18th, 2008 at
9:13 pm
@The Slapster:
-Keiko (better known as the whale in Free Willy)…when it was alive
-all those Shamu orcas
-the eight or so whale sharks in captivity -
bean
August 18th, 2008 at
9:26 pm
I’ve never seen a goldfish swim over 200m in a straight line, accelerating all the way. A tuna or dolphin would have been a better comparison, or shark of some sort.
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Peeves
August 18th, 2008 at
9:41 pm
No wonder I haven’t caught Olympic fever. People being fast just isn’t…exciting. Unless they do it naked..for a technologically-level playing field of course.
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Dave
August 18th, 2008 at
9:42 pm
“Slower than a goldfish.” Ummm… That’s what most people would call a lame comparison, especially considering that the goldfish has a serious home-field advantage in the water.
Nice try, anarchy, but those examples aren’t going to enjoy the cash quite as much as Mike will.
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Jeremy
August 18th, 2008 at
10:38 pm
Math is not my strong suit but 300 feet in three seconds is 68.18 miles per hour. So the Indo-Pacific Sailfish has been clocked at 68 miles per hour and can sometimes go even faster - 68.18 miles per hour!
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bean
August 18th, 2008 at
10:54 pm
Oh, and one more thing. Normalizing “swim speed compared to body length” is worthless, unless you plan on altering the Olympics so that only people exactly the same height as Phelps can compete.
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Alex
August 18th, 2008 at
11:26 pm
Yeah, that didn’t make much sense, huh, Jeremy? I edited to mean what I wanted to say.
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LisaL
August 19th, 2008 at
12:27 am
Did they just say that the average goldfish is only about 3 inches long?
And let me guess, they also think putting a goldfish in to a half gallon bowl is ok too right?
Boy, they go through all of that trouble to do research and don’t even do proper research on goldfish who if given PROPER care can get up to a foot long (the common variety while the fancy get to 6-8 inches). -
Ty
August 19th, 2008 at
1:03 am
also, orcas are not fish.
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Marcello
August 19th, 2008 at
3:19 am
I’m sure it’s one of your best post!!! Very fantastic!!!
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Choco
August 20th, 2008 at
3:35 pm
Sharks are fish too, Let phelps swim against the Mako shark.. 110 km/h ?
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vijay
August 22nd, 2008 at
4:17 am
Thats really a good comparison. Also Do watch Nice Pictures of Michael Phelps and top 10 reason behind his swimming power…
http://www.maathiyoose.com/2008/08/top-10-secrets-to-know-about-michae l-phelps/
Enjoy!!!!
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paoneithang
October 1st, 2008 at
6:14 am
fish are fish in land,the difference is that man cannot compete with fish,as fish is inside water and can swim at any speed which cannot be measured by man
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